bacterin

[bak-tuh-rin]

bac·ter·in

[bak-tuh-rin]
noun Immunology.
a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.

Origin:
1910–15; bacter- + -in2
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bacterin (ˈbæktərɪn)
 
n
obsolete a vaccine prepared from bacteria

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bacterin bac·ter·in (bāk'tər-ĭn)
n.
A suspension of killed or weakened bacteria used as a vaccine.

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