bacille Calmette-Guórin

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bacille Calmette-Guórin (b

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l·m

t-gerˑ·

n),

n.pr an inactive strain of tubercle bacilli, used as a vaccine against tuberculosis in many countries; also has been used as a treatment for bladder cancer and leprosy.

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