vaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: other: /ˈvæksiːn/
other: /-sɪn/
other: /-saɪn/
ipa: /vækˈsin/
ipa: /ˈvækˌsin/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈvaksɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /vak.sin/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -ɪn
other: /ˈvæksiːn/
other: /-sɪn/
other: /-saɪn/
rhymes: (GA) -iːn
other: /ˈvæksiːn/
other: /-sɪn/
other: /-saɪn/
ipa: /vækˈsin/
ipa: /ˈvækˌsin/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈvaksɪn/
note: Indic
ipa: /vak.sin/
rhymes: -iːn
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: vaccines
Etymology: The noun is probably partly:
* derived from vaccine (adjective) (see etymology 1); and
* borrowed from French vaccine (“cowpox (short for variole vaccine); vaccination against smallpox using material from cowpox”), vaccin (“cowpox material used for smallpox vaccination”), both noun uses of vaccin (adjective), from Latin vaccīnus (see etymology 1).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Italian vaccina
* Portuguese vacina
* Spanish vacuna
Senses: examples: text: I am much inclined to the vaccine. My friend, Mr. L—, has had all his children vaccined, and I just wait to see the effect.
ref: 1804, Maria Edgeworth, “To-morrow. Chapter VII. Moral Habits Seldom Changed by Change of Fortune.”, in Popular Tales, volume III, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, […], [b]y C. Mercier and Co., […], →OCLC, page 387:
text: But he really ought to know the difference between a vaccine and an anti-toxin. Stimulate the phagocytes! The vaccine doesnt affect the phagocytes at all.
ref: 1906 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “The Doctor’s Dilemma”, in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, London: Constable and Company, published 1911, →OCLC, Act I, page 28:
text: South Korea is willing to cooperate with the North to tackle the disease outbreak, but Pyongyang remains unresponsive to any offers for dialogue, including Seoul's earlier proposal to provide COVID vaccines, said another official at the unification ministry.
South Hwanghae Province, where Haeju is located, is North Korea's key agricultural region, raising concerns over possible impacts on the country's already dire food shortage.
ref: 2022 June 16, Soo-Hyang Choi, Hyonhee Shin, “North Korea faces infectious disease outbreak amid COVID battle”, in Lincoln Feast, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
text: “I’m thrilled about the prospect of this, as well as about the prospect of other R.S.V. vaccines in the pipeline,” said Dr. Miller, who is not an adviser to the agency. […] The vaccine under review Thursday was tested in about 7,300 women after the 24th week of pregnancy.
ref: 2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
examples: text: My dog has had two vaccines this year.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The disease cowpox, especially as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox.
glosses: Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense 1.1).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program which protects computers against, or detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an antivirus.
Derived terms: abortion vaccine
antivaccine
anti-vaccine
antivax
antivaxxer
autovaccine
candidate vaccine
DPT vaccine
immunovaccine
monovaccine
nanovaccine
oncovaccine
polyvaccine
postvaccine
post-vaccine
prevaccine
pro-vaccine
retrovaccine
Sabin vaccine
supervaccine
therapeutic vaccine
unvaxxed
vaccine diplomacy
vaccine escape
vaccine hesitancy
vaccine-injured
vaccine injury
vaccine nationalism
vaccine passport
vaccine point
Vaccine Revolt
vaccine-shop
vaccine shopper
vaccine shopping
vaccinize
vaccinogen
vaccinogenic
vaccinogenous
vaccinoid
vaccinologist
vaccinology
vaccinomics
vaccinophobe
vaccinophobia
vaccinophobic
vaccinosis
vax
vaxxed
Related terms: word: unvaccinated
word: vaccinate
word: vaccinated
word: vaccination
word: vaccinia
word: vaccinifer
word: vacciniola
word: jab
word: shot