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).
Norwegian Baby Names. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Norway is called âthe Land of the Midnight Sunâ! From the Scandinavian Peninsula of fjords, expansive forests, salmon and cross-country skiing comes an old naming tradition, based on Vikings and Norse mythology!