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vac·ci·nate
(văk′sə-nāt′)v. vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing, vac·ci·nates
v.tr.
To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease, such as diphtheria or typhus.
v.intr.
To perform vaccinations or a vaccination.
vac′ci·na′tor n.
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vaccinate
(ˈvæksɪˌneɪt)vb
(Medicine) to inoculate (a person) with a vaccine so as to produce immunity against a specific disease
ˈvacciˌnator n
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vac•ci•nate
(ˈvæk səˌneɪt)v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. v.t.
1. to inoculate with a vaccine.
v.i. 2. to perform or practice vaccination.
[1800–10]
vac′ci•na`tor, n.
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vaccinate
Past participle: vaccinated
Gerund: vaccinating
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| Verb | 1. |  vaccinate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
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vaccinate
verb inoculate, inject, protect, immunize Have you had your child vaccinated against whooping cough?
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Translations
يُلَقِّحُيُلَقِّح، يُطَعِّم
očkovat
vaccinere
rokottaa
cijepiti
beolt
bólusetja
予防接種をする
예방접종을 하다
vaccinera
ฉีดวัคซีน
aşılamakaşı yapmak
tiêm chủng
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vaccinate
vt → impfen
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vaccine
(ˈvӕksiːn) noun a substance made from the germs that cause a particular disease, especially smallpox, and given to a person or animal to prevent him from catching that disease.
ˈvaccinate (-ksi-) verb to protect (a person etc) against a disease by putting vaccine into his blood. Has your child been vaccinated against smallpox?
ˌvacciˈnation (-ksi-) noun (an) act of vaccinating or process of being vaccinated. I'm to have a vaccination tomorrow; Vaccination was introduced in the eighteenth century.
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vaccinate
→ يُلَقِّحُ očkovat vaccinere impfen εμβολιάζω vacunar rokottaa vacciner cijepiti vaccinare 予防接種をする 예방접종을 하다 vaccineren vaksinere zaszczepić vacinar делать прививку vaccinera ฉีดวัคซีน aşılamak tiêm chủng 预防接种Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
vac·ci·nate
vt. vacunar, inocular.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
vaccinate
vt vacunar; Have you been vaccinated against tetanus?..¿Ha sido vacunado contra el tétano?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.