For other uses, see Vaccine (disambiguation). A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
[ 2 syll. e-gil, eg-il ] The baby boy name Egil is pronounced as EH-GahL â . Egil is primarily used in Scandinavian and it is of Old Norse origin. Original forms of the name include Aghi (Old Norse) and Egill (Old Norse).
vig-go, vi-ggo ] The baby boy name Viggo is pronounced Viy-Gow â . Viggo's origin, as well as its use, is in the Scandinavian language. The name evolved from Vigge (Old Danish), itself a short form of other names containing the element vig (meaning 'fight, war'). Variations of Viggo include Vego, Vig, and Vigo.