"BCG" meaning in English

See BCG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} BCG pl (plural only)
  1. (US, military slang) Initialism of birth control glasses. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, slang Alternative form of: birth control glasses Categories (topical): Glasses Synonyms: BCGs
    Sense id: en-BCG-en-noun-ESFbbPkZ Disambiguation of Glasses: 72 18 4 5 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 31 16 17 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Noun

Forms: BCGs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun}} BCG (plural BCGs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (“Bacille Calmette-Guérin”)., a vaccine for tuberculosis developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (extra: (“Bacille Calmette-Guérin”)., a vaccine for tuberculosis developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin) Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (bacillus of Calmette and Guérin): 卡介苗 (kǎjièmiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), Calmette-rokote (Finnish), BCG [masculine] (French), БЦЖ (BCŽ) (Russian), BCG [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-BCG-en-noun-ril2vcq4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 39 18 27 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 43 15 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 42 20 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 38 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 55 17 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 47 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 50 17 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 31 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 53 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 57 15 17 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'bacillus of Calmette and Guérin': 94 3 3
  2. (astronomy) Initialism of brightest cluster galaxy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: brightest cluster galaxy Categories (topical): Galaxies
    Sense id: en-BCG-en-noun-MsO-3Zs2 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 31 16 17 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (astronomy) Initialism of blue compact galaxy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: blue compact galaxy Categories (topical): Galaxies Synonyms (blue compact galaxy): BCD
    Sense id: en-BCG-en-noun-EaiAx-E5 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 31 16 17 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'blue compact galaxy': 3 35 63
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