| vaccination | | |
| n. (act) | 1. inoculation, vaccination | taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease. |
| ~ immunisation, immunization | the act of making immune (especially by inoculation). |
| n. (state) | 2. vaccination | the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine. |
| ~ cicatrice, cicatrix, scar | a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue. |
| vaccine | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. vaccine, vaccinum | immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies. |
| ~ dpt vaccine | abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood. |
| ~ immunizing agent, immunogen | any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body. |
| ~ pneumococcal vaccine, pneumovax | vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus. |
| ~ poliovirus vaccine | vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis. |
| ~ proteosome, proteosome vaccine | a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler. |
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