Meaning & use
Vaccination
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The act of administering a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
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Childhood vaccination has dramatically reduced deaths from measles and polio.
The clinic offered free flu vaccination to everyone in the community.
A note on using this word
The term originates from "vacca," Latin for "cow," after Edward Jenner's use of cowpox material in the first smallpox vaccine.
Words with a similar meaning
immunizationinoculation
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