bacterin
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bacterin (plural bacterins)
- A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
- 1914, Franklin Henry Martin, Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, page 258:
- Any of the above may result in an improper bacterin being given […]
- 1918, James William White, White and Martin's Genito-urinary surgery and venereal diseases, page 86:
- […] the object of bacterin therapy is to produce an active resistance […]