vaccine


Definition: Meaning of, vaccine in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈvaksiːn;ˈvaksɪn /

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vaccine vaccines
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  1. a substance which contains a weak form of the BACTERIA or VIRUS that causes a disease and is used to protect people from that disease
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vaccine used in phrases

  • DPT vaccine (noun)
    1. whooping cough abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
  • Sabin vaccine (noun)
    1. containing live but weakened poliovirus an oral vaccine that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • Salk vaccine (noun)
    1. a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • oral poliovirus vaccine (noun)
    1. containing live but weakened poliovirus an oral vaccine that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • pneumococcal vaccine (noun)
    1. trade name Pneumovax vaccine effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus
  • poliovirus vaccine (noun)
    1. vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • proteosome vaccine (noun)
    1. a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
  • trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine (noun)
    1. containing live but weakened poliovirus an oral vaccine that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
  • variola vaccine (noun)
    1. a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
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