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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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Noun | 1. | ![]() protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection" ring vaccination - 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 variolation, variolization - the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox |
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