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noun Immunology.

a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.

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Origin of BCG vaccine

1925–30; B(acillus) C(almette-)G(uérin)

Words nearby BCG vaccine

B.C.E., B cell, B.Cer.E., BCF, BCG, BCG vaccine, bch., B chain, B.Ch.E., B chromosome, B.C.L.

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How to use BCG vaccine in a sentence

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The need for an Ebola vaccine in West Africa has never been greater.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On average, the vaccine has an efficacy of about 60 percent.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
British house of commons voted Dr. Jenner 10,000 for his discovery of the vaccine inoculation.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We have two kinds of vaccines already, the cow-pox vaccine and the killed cultures of bacteria introduced by Wright.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
The final proof was the cure of the patient by an autogenous vaccine made of the offending microbe.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
It would be better to leave off the word vaccine as applied to them and call them what they are, pollen extracts.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
Do we not witness in the newly formed vaccine vesicle, an increase of the specific force and principle?
Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease|John Grove

Medical definitions for BCG vaccine

BCG vaccine

A vaccine containing attenuated human tubercle bacilli that is used for immunization against tuberculosis.tuberculosis vaccine

Scientific definitions for BCG vaccine

BCG vaccine

[ bē′sē-jē′ ]

A preparation used to immunize individuals against tuberculosis, consisting of attenuated live human tubercle bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.