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VACCINUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does vaccinum mean?

• VACCINUM (noun)
The noun VACCINUM has 1 sense:

1. immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

Familiarity information: VACCINUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VACCINUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vaccine; vaccinum

Hypernyms ("vaccinum" is a kind of...):

immunizing agent; immunogen (any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vaccinum"):

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; Pneumovax (vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus)

poliovirus vaccine (vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis)

proteosome; proteosome vaccine (a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler)

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