bacterin

[ bak-tuh-rin ]

/ ˈbæk tə rɪn /

noun Immunology.

a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.

Words nearby bacterin

bacterial infection, bacterial plaque, bacterial virus, bactericide, bacterid, bacterin, bacterio-, bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriocide, bacteriocidin, bacteriocin

Origin of bacterin

First recorded in 1910–15; bacter- + -in²

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British Dictionary definitions for bacterin

bacterin

/ (ˈbæktərɪn) /

noun

obsolete a vaccine prepared from bacteria

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Medical definitions for bacterin

bacterin

[ băk′tər-ĭn ]

n.

A suspension of killed or weakened bacteria used as a vaccine.