Vaccination Definition

văksə-nāshən
vaccinations
noun
vaccinations
The act or practice of vaccinating.
Webster's New World
Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.
American Heritage
A scar on the skin where a vaccine, esp. for smallpox, has been applied.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Vaccination

Noun

Singular:
vaccination
Plural:
vaccinations

Origin of Vaccination

  • From Latin vacca (“cow"). The term was coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who infected people with weakened cowpox viruses, to immunise them against the disease.

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Vaccination Sentence Examples

  • Taking the vaccination will help to boost your immune system in preparation for the winter.

  • The introduction of pure water and the establishment of compulsory vaccination have greatly improved the health of Rangoon.

  • In Forty-five Years of Registration Statistics (1885) he maintained that vaccination is useless and dangerous.

  • Smallpox is frequent on the coast, but is diminishing before vaccination; other epidemic diseases are extremely rare.

  • After the introduction of the vaccination, we were able to effectively eradicate smallpox.

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Words Starting With

VVAVAC

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