vaccine
vac·cine
noun \vak-ˈsēn, ˈvak-ˌ\Definition of VACCINE
: a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease
— vaccine adjective
See Origin of VACCINE
French vaccin, from vaccine cowpox, from New Latin vaccina (in variolae vaccinae cowpox), from Latin, feminine of vaccinus, adjective, of or from cows, from vacca cow; akin to Sanskrit vaśa cow
First Known Use: 1813
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