vaccination

Definition of vaccination in English English dictionary: Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect a particular disease or strain of disease; {n} the act of inocculating with cowpox-matter; The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox; 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 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; Administration of a vaccine; Administration of weakened or killed bacteria or virus to stimulate immunity and protection against further exposure to that agent; the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine; Injection of a weakened or killed microorganism (bacterium or virus) given for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases; treatment with a vaccine; Inoculation; 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; 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; {i} act or instance of rendering unsusceptible to disease by inoculating; Cf; —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; 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 ); The injection into the body of killed or weakened organisms to give the body resistance against disease; Artificial introduction of a killed or attenuated pathogen to promote protective immunity See vaccine; the process of administering a vaccine; Procedures for immunization against an infectious disease; Process of inoculating a host with microbial antigen(s) to elicit specific immunity; Administering an antigen to generate long-term antibody or cellular immune responses or both; - the administration of a vaccine; if vaccination is successful, it results in immunity; Injection/introduction of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease; An inoculation given to produce immunity to a disease; taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
vaccination mark: A small scar left on the skin by vaccination
vaccination marks: plural form of vaccination mark
vaccination against rabies: vaccine given to prevent being infected with rabies
vaccinate: 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!.
vaccinate: to inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox
vaccinate: {v} to inocculate with the virus of the cow-pox
active vaccination: {i} injection of a live virus or bacteria to cause the body to create antibodies
passive vaccination: serum vaccination
prophylactic vaccination: treatment designed to produce immunity in advance
ring vaccination: administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
smallpox vaccination: needle given to create immunity against a disease known as smallpox
vaccinate: To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows
vaccinate: 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
vaccinate: {f} render unsusceptible to a disease by inoculating; perform vaccination
vaccinate: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
vaccinations: plural of vaccination

vaccination

Hyphenation

vac·ci·na·tion

Turkish pronunciation

väksıneyşın

Synonyms

inoculation, shot

Pronunciation

/vaksəˈnāsʜən/ /væksəˈneɪʃən/

Etymology

() From Latin vacca (“cow”). The term was coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who infected people with weakened cowpox viruses to immunise them againt the disease.

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