vaccine
SUBSTANCE USED TO STIMULATE THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AND PROVIDE IMMUNITY AGAINST ONE OR SEVERAL DISEASES, PREPARED FROM THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF A DISEASE, ITS PRODUCTS, OR A SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTE
Vaccines; Vaccinated; Vaccinology; Vaccin; Polyvalent vaccine; Vacinnation; Vacination; Vaccination shot; Preventative inoculation; Recombinant vaccines; Vaccine interference; Vaccinate; Recombinant vaccine; Delivery system; Delivery systems; Vacinated; Monovalent vaccine; Nanopatch; History of vaccines; Routine vaccination; Vaccine design; Vaccinologist; Childhood Immunisation; History of Vaccination; Patented vaccines; Adverse effects of vaccines; Multivalent vaccine; Development of human vaccines; Vaccine platform; Vaccine technology platform; Vaxx; Unvaccinated; Bivalent vaccine
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¦ noun
1. an antigenic preparation used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease.
2. a program that detects computer viruses and prevents them from operating.
Origin
C18: from L. vaccinus, from vacca 'cow' (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).