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).
Still, we âgetâ how parents like to add something a little different â and the Jakob spelling does slightly alter the look and feel of this Ïber-popular name. Popularity of the Boy Name Jakob. You need Adobe Flash Player 6 (or above) to view the charts.