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1. (n.) vaccine
any preparation of weakened or killed bacteria or viruses introduced into the body to prevent a disease by stimulating antibodies against it.
2. vaccine
the virus of cowpox, used in vaccination, obtained from pox vesicles of a cow or person.
3. vaccine
a software program that helps to protect against computer viruses.
Etymology: (1800–05; < NL (variolae)vaccīnae cowpox =vacc(a) cow +-īnae, fem. pl. of -īnus -ine1)
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| Definition of 'Vaccine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vaccine, vaccinum
immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
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| Definition of 'Vaccine' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Vaccine
of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease
2. (noun) Vaccine
the virus of vaccinia used in vaccination
3. (noun) Vaccine
any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques
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Sense: a substance made from the germs that cause a particular disease, especially smallpox, and given to a person or animal to prevent him from catching that disease.
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 Afrikaans: entstof |
 Arabic: لُقاح، طُعْم |
 Bulgarian: ваксина |
 Brazilian: vacina |
 Czech: očkovací látka |
 German: der Impfstoff |
 Danish: vaccine |
 Greek: εμβόλιο |
 Spanish: vacuna |
 Estonian: vaktsiin |
 Farsi: واکسن |
 Finnish: rokote |
 French: vaccin |
 Hebrew: תַּרכִּיב חִיסוּן |
 Hindi: टीका |
 Croatian: vakcina, cjepivo |
 Hungarian: oltóanyag |
 Indonesian: vaksin |
 Icelandic: bóluefni |
 Italian: vaccino |
 Japanese: ワクチン |
 Korean: (일반적으로 접종용) 백신 |
 Lithuanian: vakcina |
 Latvian: vakcīna |
 Malay: vaksin |
 Dutch: vaccin |
 Norwegian: vaksine |
 Polish: szczepionka |
 Persian: واکسن |
 Pashto: دناروغيو پرضد د خال وهلو |
 Portuguese: vacina |
 Romanian: vaccin |
 Russian: вакцина |
 Slovak: očkovacia látka |
 Slovenian: cepivo |
 Serbian: vakcina |
 Swedish: vaccin |
 Thai: วัคซีน |
 Turkish: aşı |
 Taiwanese: (尤指牛痘)疫苗 |
 Ukrainian: вакцина |
 Urdu: ٹيکہ |
 Vietnamese: vắc xin |
 Chinese: （尤指牛痘）疫苗 |
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