{f} render insusceptible to a disease; perform vaccinations by inoculation; (Law) grant a person exemption or protection from something that others are subjected to (also immunize)
{f} render insusceptible to a disease; perform vaccinations by inoculation; (Law) grant a person exemption or protection from something that others are subjected to (also immunise)
im·mun·ize immunizes immunizing immunized in BRIT, also use immunise If people or animals are immunized, they are made immune to a particular disease, often by being given an injection. We should require that every student is immunized against hepatitis B The monkeys had been immunized with a vaccine made from infected cells All parents should have their children immunized. + immunization immunizations im·mun·iza·tion universal immunization against childhood diseases. to protect someone from a particular illness by giving them a vaccine = vaccinate, inoculate inoculate immunize sb against sth