vaccination
Syllables: vac·ci·na·tion/ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
vaccination noun: inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
Noun
vaccination (countable and uncountable, plural vaccinations)
- Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
- Near-synonym: immunization (broadly synonymous)
- 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.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891
- Synonyms:
- immunization[Appendix:Glossary
vaccination meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vaccination in Hindi
- inoculation with a vaccine
- टीका ṭīkā, टीकाकरण ṭīkākraṇ
vaccination in Tamil
- தடுப்பூசி போடல், அம்மை குத்தல், அம்மை குத்துதல், அம்மை த்துதல், அம்மைத்தடுப்பூசி குத்துதல், தடுப்பூசி அளித்தல்
vaccination in Marathi
- लसीकरण
vaccination in Urdu
- inoculation with a vaccine
- ٹِیکَہ ṭīkah, ٹِیکا ṭīkā, ٹِیکا کاری ṭīkā kārī, ٹیکہ کاری ṭīka- kārī
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- vaccination in Bengali
- টিকাদান, টিকা, টিকা দেওয়া
- vaccination in Telugu
- టీకాలు వేయడం, టీకా
- vaccination in Malayalam
- ഗോവസൂരി പ്രയോഗം
- vaccination in Kannada
- ತಡೆಚುಚ್ಚು, ಲಸಿಕೆ ಹಾಕುವುದು, ದೇವಿ ಹಾಕುವುದು
- vaccination in Punjabi
- ਟੀਕਾ ṭīkā, ਟੀਕਾਕਰਨ ṭīkākran
- vaccination in Gujarati
- રસીકરણ rasīkraṇ
- vaccination in Odia
- ଟୀକାକରଣ, ଟିକାକରଣ, ଟିକାଦାନ
- vaccination in Arabic
- تَطْعِيم taṭʕīm, تَلْقِيح talqīḥ
- vaccination in Malay
- pemvaksinan, vaksinasi, tanam cacar
- vaccination in Indonesian
- vaksinasi, imunisasi
- vaccination in Persian
- مایهکوبی mâye-kubi, مایه کوبی mâye kubi, واکسیناسیون vâksinâsiyon
- vaccination in Vietnamese
- sự tiêm chủng
Examples of vaccination in a sentence
- Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
- Hepatitic diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis A are preventable through a healthy lifestyle including vaccination and good diet.
- Variolation is no longer used today. It was replaced by smallpox vaccination, a safer alternative, which in turn led to the development of vaccines against many other diseases.
Synonyms of vaccination
- immunization[Appendix:Glossary
Forms of vaccination
| plural | vaccinations |
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Origin of vaccination
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.
Words formed from vaccination
- antivaccination
- anti-vaccination
- anti-vaccinationist
- autovaccination
- hypervaccination
- mass vaccination centre
- multivaccination
- nanovaccination
- nonvaccination
- overvaccination
- postvaccination
- prevaccination
- provaccination
- pro-vaccination
- retrovaccination
- revaccination
- ring vaccination
- serovaccination
- undervaccination
- vaccinationism
- vaccinationist
- vaccinationlike
- vaccination mark
- vaxication
Phrases with vaccination
Words that rhyme with vaccination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about vaccination
- What does vaccination mean?
- Vaccination means inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
- What is vaccination in Hindi?
- Vaccination in Hindi is टीका (ṭīkā), टीकाकरण (ṭīkākraṇ). See Vaccination meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vaccination?
- Vaccination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vaccination?
- Vaccination is pronounced /ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of vaccination?
- The plural of vaccination is vaccinations.
Words near vaccination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vaccination (page history and authors); vaccination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vaccination (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaccination (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaccination (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaccination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vaccination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રસીકરણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); vaccination (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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