vaccine
/vækˈsin/
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; The process of vaccination
- plural
- vaccines
Meanings
- 1
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
Vaccines are safe and they save lives.
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Do you have the vaccine?
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- 2
The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation
- 3
The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpoxrare
- 4
The disease cowpox, especially as a source of material for vaccination against smallpoxrare
- 5
Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1)rare
- 6
A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirusrare