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Words related to vaccination

vac·ci·na·tion
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  • vaccinate

    to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.

  • vaccine

    any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.

  • cowpox

    a contagious viral disease of cows characterized by vesicles on the skin, esp on the teats and udder. Inoculation of humans with this virus provides temporary immunity to smallpox. It can be transmitted to other species, esp cats

  • herd immunity

    the immunity or resistance to a particular infection that occurs in a group of people or animals when a very high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated or previously exposed to the infection.

  • scarify

    to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.

  • smallpox

    an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
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