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Jenner

[jen-er]

noun

  1. Edward, 1749–1823, English physician: discoverer of smallpox vaccine.

  2. Sir William, 1815–98, English physician and pathologist.



Jenner

/ ˈdʒɛnə /

noun

  1. Edward 1749–1823, English physician, who discovered vaccination by showing that injections of cowpox virus produce immunity against smallpox (1796)

  2. Sir William. 1815–98, English physician and pathologist, who differentiated between typhus and typhoid fevers (1849)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Jenner

  1. British physician who pioneered the practice of vaccination. His experiments proved that individuals who had been inoculated with the virus that caused cowpox, a mild skin disease of cattle, became immune to smallpox. Jenner's discovery laid the foundations for the science of immunology.

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