Vaccine

Quick meaning: Vaccine is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.

More Meanings

1. The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
2. The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
3. The disease cowpox, especially as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox.
4. Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
5. Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.
6. 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.
7. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or derived from cattle.

Example Sentences

My dog has had two vaccines this year.

I am much inclined to the vaccine. My friend, Mr. L—, has had all his children vaccined, and I just wait to see the effect.

I will call upon them: they are healthy children, we can have the vaccine infection from them, and I will inoculate the boy myself.

[S]ince you have decided that the boy shall be vaccined, let us send directly for the surgeon and have it done, and then he will be safe.

Word Forms

• vaccines
• vaccining
• vaccined

Synonyms for vaccine

Depending on context, synonyms include bovine, immunize, inoculate, vaccinate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inoculation, immunization, vaccinated, immunisation, immunizing, vaccination.

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