The correct term for administration of a foreign substance with reduced ability to cause infection and to provide prophylaxis is called:

A) antibiotic
B) antiretroviral
C) vaccination
D) anticoagulant


C
Explanation: The term vaccine is derived from the Latin word vaccinus, which means "relating to a cow." It was discovered that scrapings of skin from people infected with a disease contracted from milking cows provided immunity against the virus for smallpox.

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