vaccination

[vak-suh-ney-shuh n] /ˌvæk səˈneɪ ʃən/
noun, Medicine/Medical
1.
the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
Origin
1800-10; vaccine (adj.) + -ation
Related forms
antivaccination, adjective
nonvaccination, noun
postvaccination, adjective
prevaccination, noun
provaccination, adjective
revaccination, noun
Examples from the web for vaccination
  • As often happens with new vaccination guidelines, it takes some time for the word to spread.
  • One is to try to identify in advance of vaccination who will benefit.
  • The medical marvel survived rabies without vaccination.
  • One persistent theme in their emails is the idea that vaccination policies abridge our civil rights.
  • It is now pretty well established that vaccination does not create autism.
  • The scientists say that the amyloid beta plaque vaccination is ready for human testing.
  • If the vaccination is successful, a red and itchy bump develops at the vaccine site in three or four days.
  • To the extent that vaccination may provide a false sense of security, it could even increase the risk of infection.
  • If a country's vaccination programme is successful, it is rewarded.
  • Wyeth decision is, without a doubt, a victory for those concerned with the future of the country's vaccination program.
British Dictionary definitions for vaccination

vaccination

/ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act of vaccinating
2.
the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Word Origin and History for vaccination
n.

1803, used by British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) for the technique he devised of preventing smallpox by injecting people with the cowpox virus (variolae vaccinae), from vaccine (adj.) "pertaining to cows, from cows" (1798), from Latin 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" [OED].

vaccination in Medicine

vaccination vac·ci·na·tion (vāk'sə-nā'shən)
n.

  1. Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.

  2. A scar left on the skin by vaccinating.

vaccination in Science
vaccination
  (vāk'sə-nā'shən)   

  1. Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.

  2. A scar left on the skin by vaccinating.


vaccination in Culture
vaccination [(vak-suh-nay-shuhn)]

Inoculation with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease.