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VACCINE
vaccine, vaccinum
(noun) immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vaccine (countable and uncountable, plural vaccines)
(immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.
Source: Wiktionary
Vac"cine, a. Etym: [L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. vac to bellow, to groan.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.
– n.
Definition: The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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