Vaccinator
noun, Medicine/Medical.
1.
a person who vaccinates.
2.
an instrument used in vaccination.
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noun, Medicine/Medical. 1. a thin, pointed, vaccine-coated piece of bone or the like, for use in vaccinating.
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noun 1. a variant of the cowpox virus that became established in vaccines derived from cowpox-inoculated humans. 2. Pathology. an acute infection caused by inoculation with vaccinia virus as a prophylactic against smallpox, characterized by localized pustular eruptions. noun 1. a technical name for cowpox vaccinia vac·cin·i·a (vāk-sĭn’ē-ə) n. See cowpox. An infection induced in […]