Antidote vs. Vaccine

Antidotenoun

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to").

Antidotenoun

(figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.

Antidoteverb

(transitive) To counteract as an antidote.

Antidotenoun

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; - used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.

Antidotenoun

Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

Antidoteverb

To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.

Antidoteverb

To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

Antidotenoun

a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Antidotenoun

a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison

Antidotenoun

something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation

Antidote

An antidote is a substance that can counteract a form of poisoning. The term ultimately derives from the Greek term φάρμακον ἀντίδοτον (pharmakon) antidoton, .

Vaccinenoun

(immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.

Vaccineadjective

Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.

Vaccineadjective

Of or pertaining to a vaccine or vaccination.

Vaccinenoun

The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.

Vaccinenoun

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 have also been used. Some of these are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.

Vaccinenoun

A program designed to protect a computer from software viruses, by detecting and or eliminating them.

Vaccinenoun

immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.