different between vaccine vs pharmaceutical

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.

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See also

• immunization
• inoculation
• shot

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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

English

Etymology

From pharmaceutic +? -al, from Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”), from Ancient Greek ????????????? (pharmakeutikós, “drug maker”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?f??m??s(j)ut?kl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.m??s(j)u?.t?.kl?/, /?f??.m??kju?.t?.kl?/

Adjective

pharmaceutical (not comparable)

1. (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.

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Noun

pharmaceutical (plural pharmaceuticals)

1. (medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharmaceutical

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Further reading

• pharmaceutical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia