VACCINE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | vak'seen
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| Matching Terms: | | Vaccina, Vaccinal, Vaccinate, vaccinated, vaccinating, Vaccination, vaccinator, Vaccine Adjuvant, Vaccine point, vaccinee, Vaccines, Vaccinia, Vaccinia CEA Vaccine, Vaccinist, Vaccinium, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium ashei, Vaccinium caespitosum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium myrsinites, Vaccinium ovatum, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, Vaccinium scoparium, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium uliginosum alpinum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies |
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| | See Also: | | DPT vaccine, immunizing agent, immunogen, pneumococcal vaccine, Pneumovax, poliovirus vaccine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A substance or group of substances meant to cause the immune system to respond to a tumor or to microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A preparation of dead or weakened pathogens, or of derived antigenic determinants, that is used to induce formation of antibodies or immunity against the pathogen. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | A preparation of dead or weakened pathogen, or of derived antigenic determinants, that is used to induce formation of antibodies or immunity against the pathogen. (See Polyvalent vaccine, Subunit vaccine) |
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