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vaccination

DEFINITIONS OF: vaccination

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n taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Synonyms:
inoculation
Type of:
immunisation, immunization
the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

n the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

Type of:
cicatrice, cicatrix, scar
a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
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