vaccine
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpoxOf, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.
» We have a vaccine.
У нас есть вакцина. — marafon
У нас є вакцина. — deniko
Ми маємо вакцину. — deniko
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3 senses(historical, not comparable)Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.
(historical, not comparable)Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.
(archaic, not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or derived from cattle.
Examples
147 sentencesWe have a vaccine.
У нас є вакцина. — deniko
ruУ нас есть вакцина. — marafon
What's this vaccine for?
Від чого ця вакцина? — deniko
They've been working on a new vaccine.
ruОни работают над новой вакциной. — marafon
Can the flu vaccine cause the flu?
I understand a new vaccine is being tested.
deWie ich höre, wird gerade ein neuer Impfstoff erprobt. — brauchinet
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Latin vaccīnus (“of or derived from a cow”), from vacca (“cow (femaLearned borrowing from Latin vaccīnus (“of or derived from a cow”), from vacca (“cow (female cattle)”) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Sense 1 refers to the early use of the cowpox virus as a vaccination against smallpox: see New Latin variolae vaccīnae (“cowpox”, plural, literally “infectious diseases of cattle causing pustules”), coined by the British physician and scientist Edward Jenner (1749–1823).
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