Clues for the word "VACCINE"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 29 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 28, 2025.
Definition of vaccine
- 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.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 10, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 17, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 19, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 15, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 23, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 25, 2022
- New York Times - October 09, 2021
- Your Life Choices - January 21, 2018
- Your Life Choices - November 04, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - October 10, 2017
- Your Life Choices - August 19, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - June 03, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - February 18, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 20, 2015
- USA Today - August 21, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 04, 2009
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 28, 2006
- Guardian Quick - March 08, 2006
- Washington Post - July 14, 2004
- Washington Post - March 04, 2004
- New York Times - April 12, 2003