vaccine

CEFRB1

/vækˈsin/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    A substance given to protect the body from a disease.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.

Examples

  • Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1952.

  • Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.

  2. Of, pertaining to, or derived from cattle.

More examples

In context

  • Scientists haven't found a vaccine for cancer yet.

  • My dog has had two vaccines this year.

  • I will call upon them: they are healthy children, we can have the vaccine infection from them, and I will inoculate the boy myself.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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). Sense 1 refers to the early use of the cowpox virus as a vaccination against smallpox: see New Latin variolae vaccīnae (“cowpox”, plural, literally “infectious diseases of cattle causing pustules”), coined by the British physician and scientist Edward Jenner (1749–1823).