vaccination
- the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
Origin of vaccination
Examples from the Web for revaccination
Historical Examples of revaccination
Revaccination is necessary every eighth year if smallpox reappears.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
To boot, there is the occasional windfall of an epidemic, with its panic and rush for revaccination.
The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on DoctorsGeorge Bernard Shaw
The fact is, contrary to the notions of the last generation, that success in revaccination is the rule, not the exception.
vaccination
- the act of vaccinating
- the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Word Origin and History for revaccination
vaccination
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 Latin vaccinus "from cows," from vacca "cow" (bos being originally "ox," "a loan word from a rural dialect" according to Buck, who cites Umbrian bue). "The use of the term for diseases other than smallpox is due to Pasteur" [OED].
revaccination
(rē′văk-sə-nā′shən)- Vaccination of a person previously vaccinated.
vaccination
(văk′sə-nā′shən)- Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.
- A scar left on the skin by vaccinating.
vaccination
- Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect against a particular disease.
- A scar left on the skin by vaccinating.
vaccination
Inoculation with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease.