ring vaccination
ring vaccination · ring vaccinations
The strategy of vaccinating those who are most likely to be infected, to inhibit the…The strategy of vaccinating those who are most likely to be infected, to inhibit the spread of a disease.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The strategy of vaccinating those who are most likely to be infected, to inhibit the spread of a disease.
(countable)An individual vaccination of this kind.
More definitions
- administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
Forms
plural: ring vaccinations| Singular | ring vaccination |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable