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- vaccine
n : immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
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DPT vaccine : abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
pneumococcal vaccine : vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus
poliovirus vaccine : vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Sabin vaccine : an oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Salk vaccine : a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
variola vaccine : a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
oral poliovirus vaccine : an oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine : an oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
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