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Origin of vaccination
1Other words from vaccination
- an·ti·vac·ci·na·tion, adjective
- non·vac·ci·na·tion, noun
- post·vac·ci·na·tion, adjective
- pre·vac·ci·na·tion, noun
- pro·vac·ci·na·tion, adjective
- re·vac·ci·na·tion, noun
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How to use vaccination in a sentence
Middle- and lower-income countries may be struggling to provide mass vaccination campaigns because they lack adequate supplies.
New vaccination stations are also continuing to open this week.
Morning Report: Not Much COVID Enforcement Happening Despite Crackdown | Voice of San Diego | February 12, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIn Montgomery County, officials emphasized Thursday that only residents in Category 1A and those 75 and older are eligible for vaccinations at county sites.
South Africa and U.K. coronavirus variants detected in D.C.; Maryland to open third mass vaccination site | Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe agreement prioritizes in-school staff with medically vulnerable family members for vaccinations, and it sets strict guidelines for when schools or classrooms should close.
Chicago reaches deal with teachers to reopen school buildings | Moriah Balingit | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostCo-WIN is the backbone of the vaccination drive, so to speak.
India is betting on glitchy software to inoculate 300 million people by August | Lindsay Muscato | February 10, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Of course not—the delivery of vaccine from manufacturer to arm is only part of the problem for any vaccination program.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World | Kent Sepkowitz | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe organization also provides PPE and gloves to keep health workers and patients safe from the deadly virus during vaccination.
Ebola Is Destroying Liberia’s Vaccination Program | Wade C.L. Williams | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeyond medical board or nursing association certification, candidates must have a valid passport and yellow fever vaccination.
As a big proponent of both comprehensive vaccination for children and water fluoridation, that implicates me in two of them.
Vaccines Are Poison, Cellphones Cause Cancer, and Other Medical Conspiracies | Russell Saunders | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnlike his conservative colleagues Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, and perhaps his lad Rand, Gingrey endorsed mandatory vaccination.
D.C. Moron Phil Gingrey Spread Ebola Fever Over Immigrants | Kent Sepkowitz | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore 1874 there had been no compulsory vaccination law in Germany except for the army.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyOur closest imitation of natural immunity is vaccination against small-pox.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawSome manufacturers and all British writers speak of pollen extracts as vaccines and of immunizing the patient as vaccination.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawA relationship to vaccination has been alleged by some observers.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe baby does not turn his eyes in any degree towards his arm or towards the side that is so vexed with vaccination.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice Meynell
British Dictionary definitions for vaccination
/ (ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən) /
the act of vaccinating
the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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.
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Cultural definitions for vaccination
[ (vak-suh-nay-shuhn) ]
Inoculation with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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