vaccinate

[vak-suh-neyt]Medicine/Medical

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verb (used with object), vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing.

to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
to inoculate with the modified virus of any of various other diseases, as a preventive measure.

verb (used without object), vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing.

to perform or practice vaccination.

Origin of vaccinate

First recorded in 1800–10; back formation from vaccination

Related formspre·vac·ci·nate, verb (used with object), pre·vac·ci·nat·ed, pre·vac·ci·nat·ing.re·vac·ci·nate, verb (used with object), re·vac·ci·nat·ed, re·vac·ci·nat·ing.un·vac·ci·nat·ed, adjective

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Related Words for vaccinate

inoculate, protect, immunize, treat, inject, prevent, mitigate, variolate

Examples from the Web for vaccinate

Contemporary Examples of vaccinate

From a pediatric ICU in Melbourne, Australia, to an elevator in Brooklyn, we see just how harmful refusing to vaccinate can be.
Hey Anti-Vaxxers, Watch NOVA: Vaccines--Calling the Shots
Russell Saunders
September 11, 2014
One look at those numbers is all it takes to realize how absurd the decision not to vaccinate is.
The $1 Billion Reason to Vaccinate
Russell Saunders
June 12, 2014
The parents who refused to vaccinate their kids are the reason behind the measles resurrecting themselves in New York.
ICYMI: Best of The Beast This Week
The Daily Beast
March 16, 2014
Refusing to vaccinate your children means you are contributing to a worsening public health crisis.
Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC.
Russell Saunders
March 13, 2014
And then this: I always ask if the children are vaccinated, or if the parents intend to vaccinate once the child is born.
Pediatrician: Vaccinate Your Kids—Or Get Out of My Office
Russell Saunders
January 30, 2014

Historical Examples of vaccinate

If I can only see the doctor by himself, she thought, and get him to vaccinate me and say nothing about it.
Girls of the True Blue
L. T. Meade
Dr Earle ought to vaccinate me, but I am afraid to speak to him.
Girls of the True Blue
L. T. Meade
For some inscrutable reason the Rebels decided to vaccinate us all.
Andersonville, Volume 1
John McElroy
As he lay on the nurses lap I was obliged to sit on the ground to vaccinate him.
At the Court of the Amr
John Alfred Gray
Infidelity,—that is to say, science,— said: "Vaccinate him."
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)
Robert G. Ingersoll

British Dictionary definitions for vaccinate

vaccinate

verb

to inoculate (a person) with a vaccine so as to produce immunity against a specific disease

Derived Formsvaccinator, noun

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Word Origin and History for vaccinate

1803, back-formation from vaccination. Related: Vaccinated; vaccinating.

vaccinate in Medicine

vaccinate

[văk′sə-nāt′]

To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease such as diphtheria or typhus.

Related formsvac′ci•na′tor n.