vaccinate
[vak-suh-neyt]Medicine/Medical
- 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.
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- to perform or practice vaccination.
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Origin of vaccinate
First recorded in 1800–10; back formation from vaccination
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Contemporary Examples
From a pediatric ICU in Melbourne, Australia, to an elevator in Brooklyn, we see just how harmful refusing to vaccinate can be.
One look at those numbers is all it takes to realize how absurd the decision not to vaccinate is.
The parents who refused to vaccinate their kids are the reason behind the measles resurrecting themselves in New York.
Refusing to vaccinate your children means you are contributing to a worsening public health crisis.
And then this: I always ask if the children are vaccinated, or if the parents intend to vaccinate once the child is born.
Historical Examples
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 BlueL. T. Meade
Dr Earle ought to vaccinate me, but I am afraid to speak to him.
Girls of the True BlueL. T. Meade
For some inscrutable reason the Rebels decided to vaccinate us all.
Andersonville, Volume 1John McElroy
As he lay on the nurses lap I was obliged to sit on the ground to vaccinate him.
At the Court of the AmrJohn Alfred Gray
Infidelity,—that is to say, science,— said: "Vaccinate him."
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
vaccinate
- to inoculate (a person) with a vaccine so as to produce immunity against a specific disease
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Word Origin and History for vaccinate
v.
1803, back-formation from vaccination. Related: Vaccinated; vaccinating.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
vaccinate
(văk′sə-nāt′)- To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease such as diphtheria or typhus.
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