Vaccine

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:13:18

Vac"cine (?), a. [L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. vac to bellow, to groan.]

Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.

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n.

The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.

 

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