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vac⋅ci⋅nate

  [vak-suh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing. Medicine/Medical
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–verb (used with object)
1. to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
2. to inoculate with the modified virus of any of various other diseases, as a preventive measure.
–verb (used without object)
3. to perform or practice vaccination.
Origin:
1800–10; back formation from vaccination
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Main Entry: un·vac·ci·nat·ed
Pronunciation: -'vak-s&-"nAt-&d
Function: adjective
: not vaccinated <unvaccinatedchildren>

Main Entry: 2vac·ci·nate
Pronunciation: 'vak-s&-"nAt, -n&t
Function: noun
: a vaccinated individual
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vaccinate vac·ci·nate (vāk'sə-nāt')
v. vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing, vac·ci·nates
To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease such as diphtheria or typhus.

vac'ci·na'tor n.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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