Definitions for bcg vaccine
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
BCG vaccine(n.)
a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis.
Category: Immunology
Origin of BCG vaccine:
1925–30; B(acillus)C(almette)-G(uérin)
U.S. National Library of Medicine
BCG Vaccine
An active immunizing agent and a viable avirulent attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, var. bovis, which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections. It is used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity.
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