All vaccine synonyms

noun vaccine

• antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
• immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
• biologic — pertaining to biology.
• antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
• antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
• antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
• biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
• booster dose — a supplementary injection of a vaccine given to maintain the immunization provided by an earlier dose
• neutralizer — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
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• antitoxin — an antibody that neutralizes a toxin
• antivenin — an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom
• anti-biotic — any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
• antigen — An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies.
• immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
• immunizer — to make immune.
• antigens — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
• immunotoxin — a monoclonal antibody linked to a toxin with the intention of destroying a specific target cell while leaving adjacent cells intact.
• agglutinin — a substance, such as an antibody or a lectin, that causes agglutination of cells or bacteria
• agglutinogen — an antigen that reacts with or stimulates the formation of a specific agglutinin
• alleviate — If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
• counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
• injection — the act of injecting.
• enema — A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, typically to expel its contents, but also to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging.
• counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts