Vaccination
1Vaccination — Intervention Child receiving an oral polio vaccine ICD 9 CM …
2vaccination — [ vaksinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1801; de vacciner 1 ♦ Action de vacciner; administration d un vaccin tiré des pustules de pis de vache ayant la vaccine ou d une personne atteinte de la vaccine (vaccination jennérienne). 2 ♦ (1830) Le fait de vacciner… …
3Vaccination — Vac ci*na tion, n. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. {Inoculation}. [1913 Webster] Note: In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation… …
4vaccination — (n.) 1803, used by British physician Edward Jenner (1749 1823) for the technique he devised of preventing smallpox by injecting people with the cowpox virus (variolae vaccinae), from vaccine (adj.) pertaining to cows, from cows (1798), from L.… …
5vaccination — [n] immunization inoculation, shot*; concept 307 …
6vaccination — [vak΄sə nā′shən] n. 1. the act or practice of vaccinating 2. a scar on the skin where a vaccine, esp. for smallpox, has been applied …
7Vaccination — L Inoculation par Louis Léopold Boilly (1807). La vaccination est un procédé consistant à introduire un agent extérieur (le vaccin) dans un organisme vivant afin de créer une réaction immunitaire positive contre une maladie infectieuse. La… …
8vaccination — n. 1) to carry out, do a (mass) vaccination (of the population) 2) (a) compulsory; mass vaccination 3) a vaccination against (to carry out a mass vaccination against tuberculosis) * * * [ˌvæksɪ neɪʃ(ə)n] mass vaccination do a (mass) vaccination… …
9vaccination — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ flu, measles, MMR, rubella, smallpox, etc. ▪ routine ▪ emergency ▪ …
10Vaccination — Injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing disease. Vaccinations, or immunizations, work by stimulating the immune system, the natural disease fighting system of the body. The… …
