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ring vaccination

DEFINITIONS OF: ring vaccination

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n administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization

Type of:
inoculating, vaccinating
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
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