edward jenner

1. 1.

   English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

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Questions about edward jenner

What does edward jenner mean?

edward jenner means "English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)".

What is another word for edward jenner?

Close synonyms include Jenner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is edward jenner a common word?

edward jenner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.