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vaccine
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to, or obtained from, cows or cowpox.
Part of speech: NounVirus, or poison, obtained from cows affected with a disease called cowpox, or vaccinia, and used to prevent smallpox; loosely, any substance used for inoculation against disease.
Usage examples "vaccine":- The weaker vaccine, which is used for the first injection, is grown for five days at this temperature, whereas the stronger vaccine, for the second injection, is grown for only two days. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.
- Call the physician early in the case and he may attempt to thwart the progress of the disease by certain administrations of vaccine medication. - "The Mother and Her Child", William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler.
- How much anthrax vaccine do you suppose there is in the whole town? - "The Year When Stardust Fell", Raymond F. Jones.