vaccination
Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of…Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
» My grandparents have smallpox vaccination scars on their arms.
У моих бабушки и дедушки на руках есть отметины от прививок от оспы.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
Near-synonym: immunization (broadly synonymous)
Impfung, Schutzimpfung, Impfen
вакцина́цияvakcinácija, приви́вкаprivívka
вакцина́ціяvakcynácija, ще́пленняščéplennja
the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Examples
34 sentencesMy grandparents have smallpox vaccination scars on their arms.
ruУ моих бабушки и дедушки на руках есть отметины от прививок от оспы. — Wezel
Don't forget to get your vaccinations.
The fight for vaccination has begun.
deDer Kampf um die Impfung hat begonnen. — rmateo
Tom is against vaccination of children.
Covid vaccination is a billionaire business.
ruВакцинации от коронавируса – бизнес миллиардеров. — Ooneykcall
deCoronaimpfungen sind ein Milliardengeschäft. — maaster
Translations
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Origin
From vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward JFrom vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1798. Jenner infected people with weakened cowpox viruses (vaccinia), to immunise them against smallpox. It is now known that vaccinia and cow pox are separate conditions, but at the time of Jenner, they were considered the same condition.
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Forms
plural: vaccinations| Singular | vaccination |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease:inoculation
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable