B.C.-G.n. (also B.C.G.) Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, used as an anti-tuberculosis vaccine; also attributive.
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B.C.-G.1926
1926 Lancet 29 May 1030/1 It is this attenuated bacillus B.C.-G., or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin that he uses for his vaccinations of both calves and newborn infants.
1958 Sunday Times 23 Feb. 19/4B.C.G. inoculation against tuberculosis.