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Vaccine

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a preparation that stimulates the immune system's protection against a disease
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Stage 1 of 2
vacca
Latin · ancient
"a cow"
a cow, the root behind Edward Jenner's cowpox-based smallpox treatment
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Stage 2 of 2
vaccine
English · 1800
"a preparation that stimulates immunity to a disease"
coined by Edward Jenner for his cowpox-derived inoculation against smallpox
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