'Vaccination' definitions:
Definition of 'vaccination'
From: WordNet
noun
Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: inoculation, vaccination]
noun
The scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Definition of 'Vaccination'
From: GCIDE
- Vaccination \Vac`ci*na"tion\, n.
- 1. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination against cholera. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease. [PJC]