Vaccinate
verb (used with object), vaccinated, vaccinating.
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), vaccinated, vaccinating.
3.
to perform or practice vaccination.
verb
1.
to inoculate (a person) with a vaccine so as to produce immunity against a specific disease
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.
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noun 1. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production. 2. the virus of cowpox, used in vaccination, obtained from pox vesicles of a cow or person. 3. a […]
- Vaccinee
noun 1. a person who receives a vaccination. vaccinee vac·ci·nee (vāk’sə-nē’) n. An individual who has been vaccinated.
- Vaccine lymph
vaccine lymph n. Lymph collected from the vaccinia vesicles of infected calves and used for active immunization against smallpox.
- Vaccine-point
noun, Medicine/Medical. 1. a thin, pointed, vaccine-coated piece of bone or the like, for use in vaccinating.