HyperDic: vaccinating

English > 1 sense of the word vaccinating:
NOUNactvaccinating, inoculatingthe act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
English > vaccinating: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity.
Synonyminoculating
Narrowerring vaccinationAdministering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient
variolation, variolizationThe obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
BroaderprotectionThe activity of protecting someone or something
Verbsvaccinateperform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

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