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vaccine |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vaccine n : a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
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