vaccinating

Definitions of vaccinating
  1. noun
    the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
    synonyms: inoculating
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    types:
    ring vaccination
    administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
    variolation, variolization
    the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
    type of:
    protection
    the activity of protecting someone or something
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