vaccinate

Definition von vaccinate im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!.; to inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox; {v} to inocculate with the virus of the cow-pox; To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; If a person or animal is vaccinated, they are given a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease. Dogs must be vaccinated against distemper Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough? Measles, mumps and whooping cough are spreading again because children are not being vaccinated. + vaccination vaccinations vac·ci·na·tion Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination Anyone who wants to avoid the flu should consider getting a vaccination. to protect a person or animal from a disease by giving them a vaccine = immunize vaccinate sb against sth; {f} render unsusceptible to a disease by inoculating; perform vaccination; perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
vaccination: Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect a particular disease or strain of disease
vaccination: {n} the act of inocculating with cowpox-matter
vaccinated: past of vaccinate
vaccinated: having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease
vaccinates: third-person singular of vaccinate
vaccinating: the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating"
vaccinating: present participle of vaccinate
vaccination: The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox
vaccination: Inoculation of a substance (vaccine) into the body for the purpose of producing active immunity against a disease The vaccine is usually a weakened culture of the agent causing the disease; the use of vaccines is a cornerstone of preventive medicine Vaccination was used in ancient times in China, India and Persia, and was introduced to the West in the late 18th century by E Jenner Vaccinations have eradicated smallpox and are used today to prevent diphtheria, poliomyelitis, rabies and typhoid Experimental vaccines for certain cancers have been developed for laboratory mice See also Inoculation
vaccination: Vaccination has resulted in the eradication of smallpox; elimination of poliomyelitis in the Americas; and control of measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and other infectious diseases in the United States and other parts of the world
vaccination: Administration of a vaccine
vaccination: Administration of weakened or killed bacteria or virus to stimulate immunity and protection against further exposure to that agent
vaccination: the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine
vaccination: Injection of a weakened or killed microorganism (bacterium or virus) given for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases
vaccination: treatment with a vaccine
vaccination: Inoculation
vaccination: The process of protecting against infectious disease by introducing into the body a vaccine that stimulates a primary immune response and the production of memory cells against the disease-causing agent
vaccination: Giving a killed or weakened virus or bacteria in order to stimulate the immune system to protect the person from that organism at next exposure
vaccination: {i} act or instance of rendering unsusceptible to disease by inoculating
vaccination: Cf
vaccination: —A form of immunization in which killed or weakened microorganisms are placed into the body, where antibodies against them are developed; if the same types of microorganisms enter the body again, they will be destroyed by the antibodies
vaccination: The introduction into the body of bacteria or viruses (or parts or products of them) that have previously been treated to make them harmless for the purposes of inducing the development of immunity (See also immunization )
vaccination: The injection into the body of killed or weakened organisms to give the body resistance against disease
vaccination: Artificial introduction of a killed or attenuated pathogen to promote protective immunity See vaccine
vaccination: the process of administering a vaccine
vaccination: Procedures for immunization against an infectious disease
vaccination: Process of inoculating a host with microbial antigen(s) to elicit specific immunity
vaccination: Administering an antigen to generate long-term antibody or cellular immune responses or both
vaccination: - the administration of a vaccine; if vaccination is successful, it results in immunity
vaccination: Injection/introduction of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease
vaccination: An inoculation given to produce immunity to a disease
vaccination: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease