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Vaccinate   Listen
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Vaccinate  v. t.  (past & past part. vaccinated; pres. part. vaccinating)  To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; now, generally, to administer (by injection or otherwise) any vaccine with the objective of rendering the recipient immune to an infectious disease. One who has been thus immunized by vaccination is said to be vaccinated against a particular disease. One may be thus immunized (vaccinated) also by oral ingestion or inhalation of a vaccine.






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"Vaccinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... once was busy with much work. She quieted mobs, she calmed quarreling chiefs, she held meetings with the crowds, and on Sundays conducted services. One day the smallpox broke out. The government sent down men to vaccinate the natives so the sickness would not spread. Mary heard shouting and yelling in the streets. She looked out of her house. The natives were yelling and shouting and waving guns and swords. Mary ...
— White Queen of the Cannibals: The Story of Mary Slessor • A. J. Bueltmann



Words linked to "Vaccinate" :   immunise, inject, vaccinator, shoot, medicine, inoculate, vaccinating, immunize, practice of medicine, vaccination, vaccine



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