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vaccine

[vak-seen, vak-seen, -sin] / vækˈsin, ˈvæk sin, -sɪn /


NOUN
injection
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The vaccine lowers the chance of getting either strain of mpox, and of suffering from severe illness if infected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

And all his rhetoric was deplorable: He, without any credible evidence, blames the flu vaccine for potentially triggering his SD.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

He might not be sure that the flu vaccine caused his voice disorder, but he’s willing to list it as a culprit.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

But she added: "I'd encourage people to take the vaccine for RSV because it will help their child."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The halfway technology that was evolving for poliomyelitis in the early 1950s, just before the emergence of the basic research that made the vaccine possible, provides another illustration of the point.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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