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calmette
noun(bacillus Cal-mette-Gué-rin)
an attenuated strain of tubercle bacillus developed by repeated culture on a medium containing bile and used in preparation of tuberculosis vaccines —called also bacille Calmette-Guérin
calmette
noun(bacillus Cal-mette-Gué-rin)
bacillus calmette-guérin
calmette
noun(bacillus Cal-mette-Gué-rin)
a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis

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