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vaccine

English

Etymology

From Latin vacc?nus, from vacca (cow) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vacc?na (cowpox).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) /?væk.si?n/, /?væk.s?n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /væk?si?n/,

Noun

vaccine (countable and uncountable, plural vaccines)

  1. (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 related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute.
  2. The process of vaccination.
    My dog has had two vaccines this year.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

  • immunization
  • inoculation
  • shot

Translations

References


Danish

Noun

vaccine c (singular definite vaccinen, plural indefinite vacciner)

  1. vaccine

Declension

Related terms

  • vaccination
  • vaccinere

References

  • “vaccine” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Verb

vaccine

  1. inflection of vacciner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Adjective

vaccine f pl

  1. feminine plural of vaccino

Anagrams

  • vinacce

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inoculation

English

Etymology

From Latin inocul?tio. Equivalent to inoculate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??n?kj??le???n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??n?kj??le???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inoculation (countable and uncountable, plural inoculations)

  1. (immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
  2. (microbiology) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.
  3. The insertion of the buds of one plant into another; grafting.
  4. An inoculum; that which is inoculated.

Related terms

  • inoculant
  • inoculate
  • inoculative
  • inoculator
  • inoculum

Translations

See also

  • immunisation
  • vaccination

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