{ "BCG vaccine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli and used to vaccinate human beings against tuberculosis":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccb\u0113-(\u02cc)s\u0113-\u02c8j\u0113-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "B acillus C almette- G u\u00e9rin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette \u20201933 and Camille Gu\u00e9rin \u20201961 French bacteriologists":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1925, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172948" } }