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Vaccination

🔄 Synonyms of "Vaccination"

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Word	Definition
inoculationnoun	(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.

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Word	Definition
inoculationnoun	(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
vaccinateverb	(transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
inoculatenoun	Synonym of inoculum.
vaccinenoun	(immunology) A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
immunizationnoun	(US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
immunodeficiencynoun	A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.
immunisationnoun	(rail transport, electrical engineering) The process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
immunizing	That immunizes
antityphoid	(immunology) Countering typhoid fever.
tetanusnoun	(pathology, usually uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals.
smallpoxnoun	(pathology) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
flunoun	Influenza.
bluetonguenoun	(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
dosenoun	A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
injectionnoun	The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
inseminationnoun	The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
pollinationnoun	(botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
uptakenoun	Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
coveragenoun	(journalism) The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
immunizationsnoun	(US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.