Vaccine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vaccine \Vac"cine\ (v[a^]k"s[imac]n or v[a^]k"s[i^]n; 277), a.
     [L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. v[=a][,c] to bellow,
     to groan.]
     1. Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or
        caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine
        disease.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a vaccine or vaccination.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vaccine \Vac"cine\ (v[a^]k*s[=e]n" or v[a^]k"s[=e]n), n.
     1. The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. any preparation used to render an organism immune to some
        disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity
        mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually
        contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity
        was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having
        attenuated virulence. Since that date, preparations
        containing only specific antigenic portions of the
        pathogenic organism have also been used. Some of these are
        prepared by genetic engineering techniques.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Computers) A program designed to protect a computer from
        software viruses, by detecting and or eliminating them.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vaccine
       n : immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead
           pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the
           production of antibodies [syn: {vaccinum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "vaccine":
     A, B, T, antitoxin, autogenous vaccine, bang, booster,
     booster shot, bovine vaccine, fix, hit, humanized vaccine,
     hypodermic, hypodermic injection, injection, inoculation,
     jet injection, mainlining, narcotic injection, shooting up, shot,
     skin-popping, stock vaccine, toxoid, univalent vaccine,
     vaccination