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Main Entry: vac·cine
Pronunciation: vak-sn, vak-
Function: noun
1 : matter or a preparation containing the virus of cowpox used to vaccinate a person against smallpox
2 : a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease <chicken pox vaccine>; also : a mixture of several such vaccines <measles-mumps-rubella vaccine>