underimmunization
underimmunization noun: inadequate immunization.
Noun
underimmunization (usually uncountable, plural underimmunizations)
- inadequate immunization
- A strength of this study is that it synthesizes the complexity of the different layers of the influence of gender on immunization in childhood, and it could show that the mechanisms, how gender inequality contributes to underimmunization, are more complex than commonly assumed.2015 August 29, “Gender Determinants of Vaccination Status in Children: Evidence from a Meta-Ethnographic Systematic Review”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
- Vaccine shortages, which occur intermittently, also contribute to underimmunizations or delayed immunizations by missed opportunities.2015, Earnestine Willis, Pediatric Prevention, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics, →ISBN, page 1097
Forms of underimmunization
| plural | underimmunizations |
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Origin of underimmunization
From under- + immunization.
Questions about underimmunization
- What does underimmunization mean?
- Underimmunization means inadequate immunization.
- What part of speech is underimmunization?
- Underimmunization is a noun.
- What is the plural of underimmunization?
- The plural of underimmunization is underimmunizations.
Words near underimmunization in the dictionary
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