vaccine
noun /ˈvæksiːn/
/vækˈsiːn/
[countable, uncountable]- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicinec1- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- effective
- safe
- flu
- …
- dose
- give somebody
- have
- receive
- …
- protect somebody
- prevent something
- development
- research
- trial
- …
- vaccine against
- vaccine for
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin vaccinus, from vacca ‘cow’ (because of the early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).