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Vaccine vs Antigen - What's the difference?

vaccine | antigen |

As a verb vaccine

is .

As a noun antigen is

antigen.

vaccine

English

(wikipedia vaccine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.

    • Related terms

    * immunization * inoculation * vaccinate * vaccination

    antigen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.

    • Related terms

    * antigenic

    Derived terms

    * antigenemia

    Anagrams

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