vaccine
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈvæk.siːn/us/vækˈsiːn/C2
asubstancethat is put into thebodyof apersonoranimaltoprotectthem from adiseasebycausingthem toproduceantibodies(=proteinsthatfightdiseases):
疫苗This vaccineprotectsagainst somekindsof thebacteria.这种疫苗能抵抗这些细菌中的某几种。
Themeaslesvaccine is one of the immunizations that isrecommendedfor allchildren.麻疹疫苗是推荐给所有儿童的免疫接种之一。
- Scientists haveannouncedthat they areexperimentingwith vaccines againstovariancancer.
- Thespeedyuse ofanimalvaccines hashelpedmakeanthraxararityin theregion.
- A vaccinecontainingdead, orinactive, poliovirus waslicensedin 1955.
Immunology & vaccination
- active immunity
- anti-vax
- antibody
- antigen
- antigenic
- antiserum
- antivaxxer
- herd immunity
- immune response
- immunity
- immunization
- immunocompromised
- immunosuppressed
- inoculate
- inoculation
- lymph
- vaccinate
- vaccinated
- vaccination
- vax