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).
A man with this as his actual name might have to work very hard to convince people that he is intelligent and competent despite his name. â slight night shiver 4/20/2008 Buck is used as a nickname for the dead son, Jordan Jarret, in Ordinary People by Judith Guest. I really don't know how Buck is short for Jordan though. However, I agree with Slight Night Shiver, it really does sound like a hillbilly name. If you are insistent on calling your son Buck, I would recommend just using it as a nickname.