vaccine
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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; immunization, inoculation.
“My dog has had two vaccines this year.”
Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vaccīnus (“of or derived from a cow”), from vacca (“cow (female cattle)”) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
VACCINE at a glance
VACCINE has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (V 4 + A 1 + C 3 + C 3 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,076 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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