Vaccination & Travel Medicine

Vaccine

What does Vaccine mean?

A biological product that trains the immune system to recognise and respond to a specific infection or toxin.

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Understanding Medical Words ↗ National Cancer Institute
Cancer Terms Dictionary ↗ CDC
Vaccine Glossary ↗

This is a plain-language Healthway explanation, not an individual diagnosis. The meaning of a term can change with the clinical context in which it appears.