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vaccine escape

vaccine escape noun: mutation of a pathogen to a point where it is no longer recognized and counteracted by existing vaccines.

Noun

vaccine escape (countable and uncountable, plural vaccine escapes)

  1. Mutation of a pathogen to a point where it is no longer recognized and counteracted by existing vaccines.

Forms of vaccine escape

pluralvaccine escapes

Questions about vaccine escape

What does vaccine escape mean?
Vaccine escape means mutation of a pathogen to a point where it is no longer recognized and counteracted by existing vaccines.
What part of speech is vaccine escape?
Vaccine escape is a noun.
What is the plural of vaccine escape?
The plural of vaccine escape is vaccine escapes.

Words near vaccine escape in the dictionary

  1. vaccinator
  2. vaccinators
  3. vaccinatory
  4. vaccine
  5. vaccine diplomacy
  6. vaccine escape
  7. vaccine hesitancy
  8. vaccine injuries
  9. vaccine injury
  10. vaccine nationalism
  11. vaccine passport

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