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Definition of vaccine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vaccine

noun
 
/ˈvæksiːn/
 
/vækˈsiːn/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a substance that is put into the blood and that protects the body from a disease
    • a measles vaccine
    • There is no vaccine against HIV infection.
    see also anti-vaccine
    Extra Examples
    • Researchers are trying to develop a vaccine against the disease.
    • The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.
    • The vaccine protects babies and children against tuberculosis.
    • a live vaccine containing the polio virus
    • a vaccine for meningitis
    • a vaccine to prevent rubella
    • one dose of BCG vaccine
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • effective
    • safe
    • flu
    • …
    … of vaccine
    • dose
    verb + vaccine
    • give somebody
    • have
    • receive
    • …
    vaccine + verb
    • protect somebody
    • prevent something
    vaccine + noun
    • development
    • research
    • trial
    • …
    preposition
    • vaccine against
    • vaccine for
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca ‘cow’ (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).
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