vaccination

CEFRB1

/ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of giving a vaccine to protect against disease.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Examples

  • The vaccination left a funny little mark on my arm.

  • There was no malaria vaccination in 2011, either.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • Near-synonym: immunization (broadly synonymous)

  • It's^([sic]) spokesperson Leonie Howie did not want to be interviewed but said they "will do the mahi" when it comes to trying to both encourage vaccinations as well as managing any health risks to the community when visitors arrive.

  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

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Origin

noun

From 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.