Word meaning
vaccine
noun · vak-SEEN
What does vaccine mean?
Vaccine means a substance that stimulates the body's immune response to protect against a disease.
Vaccine in a sentence
“The clinic offers the flu vaccine every autumn.”
Synonyms for vaccine
- inoculation
- immunization
- shot
Where does vaccine come from?
From Latin vacca, "cow," because the first vaccine used cowpox to protect against smallpox.
How to remember vaccine
- Say it out loud a few times: vak-SEEN.
- Write one sentence of your own using vaccine, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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