Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vaccine
Vaccine
vaccine
n. & adj. --n. 1 an antigenic preparation used to stimulate the production of antibodies and procure immunity from one or several diseases. 2 hist. the cowpox virus used in vaccination against smallpox. --adj. of or relating to cowpox or vaccination. Derivatives vaccinal adj. Etymology: L vaccinus f. vacca cow
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noun Etymology: French vaccin, from ~ 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 Date: 1813 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, ~ adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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