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