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vac⋅ci⋅na⋅tion
[vak-suh-ney-shuh
n] 
–noun Medicine/Medical.
| the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine. |
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Vaccination
Vac`ci*na"tion\, n. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation. Note: In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination of cholera.
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Language Translation for : Vaccination
Spanish:
vacunación,
German:
die Schutzimpfung,
Japanese:
予防接種
vaccination [(vak-suh-nay-shuhn)]
Inoculation with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease.
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vaccination
1803, used by British physician Edward Jenner for the technique he devised of preventing smallpox by injecting people with the cowpox virus (variolæ vaccinæ), from vaccine (adj.) "pertaining to cows, from cows" (1798), from L. vaccinus "from cows," from vacca "cow" (bos being originally "ox," "a loan word from a rural dialect" according to Buck, who cites Umbrian bue). "The use of the term for diseases other than smallpox is due to Pasteur (Trans. 7th Session Internat. Med. Congr. (1881) I.90)" [OED]. The noun vaccine "matter used in vaccination" is recorded from 1846; vaccinate is an 1803 coinage.
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Main Entry: vac·ci·na·tion
Pronunciation: "vak-s&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the introduction into humans or domesticanimals of microorganisms that have previously been treated to make them harmless for the purpose of inducing the development of immunity
2 : the scar left by vaccinating
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vaccination vac·ci·na·tion (vāk'sə-nā'shən)
n.
- Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.
- A scar left on the skin by vaccinating.
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vaccination (vāk'sə-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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