How to pronounce“vaccine”in English
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Definitions of “vaccine”
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.
Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.
“I will call upon them: they are healthy children, we can have the vaccine infection from them, and I will inoculate the boy myself.”
A substance given to stimulate a 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 derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
“I am much inclined to the vaccine. My friend, Mr. L—, has had all his children vaccined, and I just wait to see the effect.”
The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
“My dog has had two vaccines this year.”