jenner

Definition of Jenner in English :

English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jenner

noun

1.

Edward 1749–1823, English physician, who discovered vaccination by showing that injections of cowpox virus produce immunity against smallpox (1796)

2.

Sir William. 1815–98, English physician and pathologist, who differentiated between typhus and typhoid fevers (1849)

1.

Edward1749-1823; Eng. physician: introduced vaccination

2.

Sir William1815-98; Eng. physician

British physician who developed a vaccine for smallpox that involved inoculating a person with the substance from cowpox lesions.