overimmunize
overimmunize verb: to provide with more immunizations than is necessary.
Verb
overimmunize (third-person singular simple present overimmunizes, present participle overimmunizing, simple past and past participle overimmunized)
- To provide with more immunizations than is necessary.
- Those who tend, from ignorance, to underimmunize would readily follow such schedules; those who tend to overimmunize would quickly adopt proper standards, lest medical and lay persons criticize them.1961, Texas State Journal of Medicine - Volume 57, Part 2, page 894
- It is up to the caregiver to decide, but it is better to overimmunize a child than to underimmunize.2002, Suzanne M. Levasseur, Pediatric Nursing Secrets, page 148
Forms of overimmunize
| third-person singular present | overimmunizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | overimmunizing |
| past participle | overimmunized |
| past | overimmunized |
Origin of overimmunize
From over- + immunize.
Questions about overimmunize
- What does overimmunize mean?
- Overimmunize means to provide with more immunizations than is necessary.
- What part of speech is overimmunize?
- Overimmunize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overimmunize?
- The past tense of overimmunize is overimmunized.
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