bacillus Calmette-Guerin


bacillus Cal·mette-Gué·rin

(kăl-mĕt′gā-răn′, käl-mĕt′gā-răN′)n. Abbr. BCG An attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus grown in repeated cultures on medium containing bile and used in tuberculosis vaccines. Also called bacille Calmette-Guérin.