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Definition of Therapeutic vaccine
1. Noun. a vaccine which prevents or eases the severity of the problems from an infection that has already occurred. ¹
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Medical Definition of Therapeutic vaccine
1. An injected therapy consisting of synthetic HIV antigen (for example, gp160) that is administered to people who already have HIV It is supposed to heighten and broaden the immune response to HIV, helping to halt disease progression. (09 Oct 1997)