vaccinist
vaccinist noun: one who administers vaccines.
Noun
vaccinist (plural vaccinists)
- One who administers vaccines.
- German health minister Jens Spahn (right) and Berlin’s health senator Dilek Kalayci (centre) watch 80-year-old vaccinee Rosemarie Langwald getting her second Covid-19 vaccine by vaccinist Tim Ratzloff in the vaccination centre at the fairgriunds in Berlin, on April 5th.2021 April 8, Derek Scally, Naomi O'Leary, “Germany in preliminary talks with Russia to secure Sputnik vaccine”, in The Irish Times
- Synonyms:
- vaccinator, vacciner
- One who is in favor of the use of vaccination.
- We are thus brought to the point that vaccinists argue that clinicians must not quarrel with them for adopting the same criterion of cure, and the answer to the vaccinist is that he is confusing the issue,1914, The Medical Chronicle, page 195
- The truth was , I had then never read Dr. Jenner's publications, nor, indeed, those of any other vaccinist or anti-vaccinist , being perfectly satisfied with having ascertained, that the vaccine process enabled the human body to resist the small-pox, whether tested by exposure to the epidemic...1842, Thomas Brown, An Investigation of the present Unsatisfactory and Defective State of Vaccination, page 22
- Synonyms:
- pro-vaccinationist, pro-vaccinator, pro-vaxxer, vaccinationist, vaxxer
Adjective
vaccinist (comparative more vaccinist, superlative most vaccinist)
- In favor of vaccination.
- Instead of its being true that the anti-vaccinationists "alone have been examined so far," the fact is that of the scores of witnesses examined a large proportion are vaccinist.1893, The British Homoeopathic Review - Volume 37, page 638
- Synonyms:
- pro-vaccination, pro-vaccine, pro-vax
Synonyms of vaccinist
Forms of vaccinist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vaccinists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more vaccinist |
| superlative | most vaccinist |
Origin of vaccinist
From vaccine + -ist.
Words formed from vaccinist
Questions about vaccinist
- What does vaccinist mean?
- Vaccinist means one who administers vaccines.
- What part of speech is vaccinist?
- Vaccinist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of vaccinist?
- The plural of vaccinist is vaccinists.
Words near vaccinist in the dictionary
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