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bacillus calmette-guérin
a weakened strain of the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, used in the preparation of BCG vaccine. -
bcg vaccine
a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis. -
compensatory lengthening
the lengthening of a vowel when a following consonant is weakened or lost, as the change from Old English niht [nikht] /nɪxt/ (Show IPA) to night [nahyt] /naɪt/ (Show IPA) with loss of [kh] /x/ (Show IPA) and lengthening of [i] /ɪ/ (Show IPA) to a vowel that eventually became [ahy] /aɪ/ (Show IPA). -
debility
Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness. -
decrepit
Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak. -
distemperoid
resembling distemper.