Viral Bioinformatics Research Centre
Chris Upton, University of Victoria, Canada
by admin ·
‘Vaccine’ has an etymology hiding in plain sight: it comes from the fact that the earliest one was derived from cowpox. The Latin word for ‘cow’ is ‘vaccinae,’ which was then used for later vaccines of all types.
The History of the Word 'Vaccine' | Merriam-Webster
Source: Virology News
Tags: flu
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