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  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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