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).
Ebenezer /ebe-nez-er/ [4 sylls.] as a boys' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ebenezer is stone of help.Biblical: name of a memorial stone set up by the prophet Samuel to mark a critical battle and victory in Jewish history. First used as a given name by the Puritans in the 17th century.Literary: Ebenezer Scrooge is a character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.elow is a charted analysis of the usage of the boy name Ebenezer and corresponding names. The only popular alternative form of Ebenezer (outside Top 1000) appearing in the Top 1000 is Eben. Adoption of this boy name was at its apex during the years 1880-1889 (usage of 0.287%) and is now much less.