It was borrowed from the New Latin “vaccina,” which goes back to Latin’s feminine “vaccinus,” meaning “of or from a cow.” The Latin for cow is “vacca,” a word that might be akin to the Sanskrit “vasa,” according to Merriam-Webster. The first known use stretches back to 1882 but references pop up earlier related to fluid from cowpox pustules used in inoculations, Sokolowski said. The word “vaccine” wasn’t birthed in a day, or due to a single pandemic. So did vaccine hesitancy and friction over vaccine passports. Debates over inequitable distribution, vaccine mandates and boosters kept interest high, Sokolowski said. Send us feedback.Compared with 2019, when there was little urgency or chatter about vaccines, Merriam-Webster logged an increase of 1,048 percent in lookups this year. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'medicine.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Steven Deeks, a longtime HIV researcher and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, the researchers didn’t find any intact virus in more than 1.5 billion of her cells. Salomeh Keyhani, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who wasn’t involved in the study. 2021 Cannabis is marketed as a safe substance, said Dr. Ferastraoaru, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in allergy and immunology and attending physician at Einstein/Montefiore and Jacobi Medical Centers, tells SELF.Īmy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 24 Nov. 2021 There’s not really any way to get rid of or prevent dust mites, Denisa E. 2021 At worst, the pressure of medicine can sap the clinical curiosity that ought to drive health-care workers to investigate a set of unusual symptoms.Įd Yong, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2021 That spike protein is also the part of the virus that our immune system recognizes and responds to, Susan Kline, MD, MPH, an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School tells Health. 2021 Its concerns expand beyond the strict realm of medicine and to handling the social determinants of health-such as socioeconomic status, discrimination, and violence.Īnnalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2021 The neuropsychology community is just the latest branch of medicine to reckon with its use of race in diagnostic testing and clinical care. Preeti Malani, chief health officer and a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan. Recent Examples on the Web But access may become an issue, again, said Dr.
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