vaccine /vakˈsēn or -sin/

1. Any preparation containing dead or attenuated microorganisms, eg viruses or bacteria, used to confer immunity to a disease by inoculation
2. Cowpox virus or lymph containing it, used for inoculation against smallpox (historical)
3. A program intended to combat a computer virus

1. Of, or derived from, the cow
2. Of vaccinia
3. Of vaccination

vacˈcinal /-sin-/ adjective

Of or due to vaccine or vaccination

vacˈcinate transitive verb

To inoculate with a vaccine

vaccināˈtion noun

vacˈcinātor noun

vacˈcinatory adjective

vaccinˈia noun

1. Cowpox
2. (in humans) a mild or localized reaction to inoculation with the vaccinia virus against smallpox

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