What does the word vaccine mean?
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Vaccinal. V. virus( or simply V.), the virus of vaccinia used in vaccination; either taken from the cow( Bovine v.) or from the human being( Humanized v.). V rash, see under Vaccinia.
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1. Relating to vaccina in the cow or man. 2. The virus of cowpox, used by inoculation to confer immunity against smallpox; what is now employed is serum from the vesicles of the disease in a heifer, but formerly the scab of the dried pustule, taken from the animal or from man, was used. 3. The modified and attenuated virus of any disease, incapable of producing a severe infection, but affording protection, when inoculated, against the action of the unmodified virus. 4. An emulsion of dead cultures of specific bacteria in saline solution, employed hypodermically in opsonic therapy.
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Usage examples for vaccine
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Phillip, you had the worst cold of your life when you took the vaccine. – The Coffin Cure by Alan Edward Nourse
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One laboratory promised the vaccine in ten days; another said a week. – The Coffin Cure by Alan Edward Nourse
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