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vac⋅cine
[vak-seen or, especially Brit., vak-seen, -sin] 
–noun
| 1. | any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production. |
| 2. | the virus of cowpox, used in vaccination, obtained from pox vesicles of a cow or person. |
| 3. | a software program that helps to protect against computer viruses, as by detecting them and warning the user. |
–adjective
| 4. | of or pertaining to vaccination. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to vaccinia. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or derived from cows. |
Origin:
< NL (variolae) vaccīnae cowpox (in title of E. Jenner's treatise of 1798), equiv. to vacc(a) cow + -īnae, fem. pl. of -īnus -ine 1
< NL (variolae) vaccīnae cowpox (in title of E. Jenner's treatise of 1798), equiv. to vacc(a) cow + -īnae, fem. pl. of -īnus -ine 1
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| vac·cine (vāk-sēn', vāk'sēn') n.
[From Latin vaccīnus, of cows, from vacca, cow.] |
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Vaccine
Vac"cine\, a. [L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. v[=a]c to bellow, to groan.] Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease. -- n. The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
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Language Translation for : vaccine
Spanish:
vacuna,
German:
der Impfstoff,
Japanese:
ワクチン
vaccine [(vak-seen)]
A substance prepared from dead or living microorganisms that is introduced into the body through inoculation. The vaccine causes the development of antibodies, which produce immunity to the disease caused by the microorganism.
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Main Entry: vac·cine
Pronunciation: vak-'sEn, 'vak-"
Function: noun
1 : matter or a preparation containing the virus of cowpox in a form usedfor vaccination
2 : a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increaseimmunity to a particular disease
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vaccine vac·cine (vāk-sēn' vāk'sēn')
n.
- A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus, or of a portion of the pathogen's structure that upon administration stimulates antibody production against the pathogen but is incapable of causing severe infection.
- A vaccine prepared from the cowpox virus and inoculated against smallpox.
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| vaccine (vāk-sēn') Pronunciation Key
A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus, or of a portion of the pathogen's structure, that stimulates immune cells to recognize and attack it, especially through antibody production. Most vaccines are given orally or by intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. See Note at Jenner. Our Living Language : In the 1950s, polio epidemics left thousands of children with permanent physical disabilities. Today, infants are given a vaccine to prevent infection with the polio virus. That vaccine, like most others, works by stimulating the body's immune system to produce antibodies that destroy pathogens. Scientists usually prepare vaccines by taking a sample of the pathogen and destroying or weakening it with heat or chemicals. The inactivated or attenuated pathogen loses its ability to cause serious illness but is still able to stimulate antibody production, thereby conferring immunity. The Salk polio vaccine contains "killed" virus, while the Sabin polio vaccine contains weakened "live" poliovirus. (Many scientists no longer consider viruses to be living organisms) Scientists are also able to change the structure of viruses and bacteria at the molecular level, altering DNA so that the potential of the vaccine to cause disease is decreased. New vaccines containing harmless bits of DNA have also been developed. |
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