n.
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
n.
Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
n.
Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
n.
The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
n.
The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
n.
A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture.
a.
Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination.
imp. & p. p.
of Vaccinate
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Vaccinate
v. t.
To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
n.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
n.
One who, or that which, vaccinates.
a.
Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.
n.
The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.
n.
any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.
n.
Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
n.
A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
n.
A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.