'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]
Words containing 'Vaccination'
- Vaccinal,
- Vaccinate,
- Vaccinated,
- Vaccinating,
- Vaccinator,
- Vaccine,
- vaccinated against,
- Vaccine point,
- dpt vaccine,
- pneumococcal vaccine,
- poliovirus vaccine,
- proteosome vaccine,
- ring vaccination,
- sabin vaccine,
- salk vaccine,
- variola vaccine,
- oral poliovirus vaccine,
- trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine