What is the derivation of vaccination ?

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The first use of the term "vaccine" was created by Edward Jenner. The word is derived from the Latin vacca, meaning cow. A virus that mainly affects cows (Cowpox) was used in the first scientific demonstration that giving a person one virus could protect against a related and more deadly one.

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