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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Active immunizing agent; a viable attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, var. bovis which confers immunity to mycobacterial infections; used also in immunotherapy of neoplasms due to its stimulation of antibodies and non-specific immunity. (references) |
Medicine | Vaccine produced from an avirulent strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is used in human medicine to give immunity against tuberculosis, but it does not completely prevent infection in cattle or captive exotic animals; moreover, vaccinated animals react to the tuberculin test. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BCG VACCINE |
| Specialty definitions using "BCG VACCINE": Immunotherapy, Active. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition, positive skin test reactions occur in people who have received BCG vaccine, thus limiting the effectiveness of the PPD skin test to identify new infections. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bcg vaccine | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BCG VACCINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bacil van Calmette-Guérin (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus), B.C.G. (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | bacille Bilié de Calmette et Guérin, bacille bilié Calmette-Guérin, B.C.G.. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | βάκιλλος των CALMETTE-GUERIN ή η υπ'αυτού παραγόμενη τοξίνη (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus), bacillo di Calmette-Guérin (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus), vaccino BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | bcgay accinevay BCG(bacilo de Calmette-Guerin) (bacille Calmette-Guérin, Calmette-Guérin bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-c-e-g-i-n-v" | |
-3 letters: vaccine. | |
-4 letters: caving, incage. | |
-5 letters: acing, began, begin, being, binge, cabin, cavie, ceiba, ganev, genic, given, naevi, naive, vegan, vinca. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 43 47 56 41 43 43 49 4E 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000011 01000111 00100000 01010110 01000001 01000011 01000011 01001001 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B C G   V A C C I N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0043 0047 0056 0041 0043 0043 0049 004E 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363741256353737434839 |
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