vaccine
/ˈvæk·sin/, /vækˈsin/ n [C]Definition
› a special substance that you take into your body to prevent a disease, and that contains a weakened or dead form of the disease-causing organism vaccinate /ˈvæk·səˌneɪt/ v [T] › Our children have been vaccinated for measles and other childhood diseases. vaccination /ˌvæk·səˈneɪ·ʃən/ n [C] › Most states require all children to receive the vaccination before beginning elementary school.
(Definition of vaccine n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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