to immunize
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3.9
- verb
- /ɪˈmjunˌaɪz/
- Specialized
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- Similarly, during the pulse polio campaigns, they come forward to us with their children to immunize them.
- immunized children
- immunized against a disease
- fully immunized
But you, we do immunize wildlife against rabies.
- But you, we do immunize wildlife against rabies.
- It's the perfect, it's mild and contagious and soon nature will immunize us all.
- How many people in the UK will need to be immunised with an effective vaccine before life can start returning to normal?
- For example, one thing that would be powerful is default option, which is basically you have to opt out to not get your kid immunized.
- She knows, you know, I I need to immunize myself, all right, You know, naturally, you know, strengthen, you know, expose myself, expose myself, expose myself.
Examples
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But you, we do immunize wildlife against rabies.
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In each instance, children were immunized between their first and second birthdays.
Academic text (1992) -
I once saw a medical team come into the territory to immunize the Aw.
Academic text (1996) -
And in fact, that's what we want to immunize people with.
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Studies are underway to immunize pigs with these proteins.
Academic text (1996) -
How many people in the UK will need to be immunised with an effective vaccine before life can start returning to normal?
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If there are enough people immunized against a disease within a community, it helps protect those who cannot be immunized.
Academic text (2016) -
First thing in the morning, we're going to break open the new supplies, start immunizing all the children against measles, youngest first, up the line, until we run out.
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Household contacts and health-care workers should be fully immunized, particularly against influenza, to create additional protection for the vulnerable transplant recipient.
Academic text (2017) -
The campaign aims to immunize all children against measles by the end of the year.
Synonyms
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3.7
Give a shot to a person or animal to protect them from disease
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6.3
To put a vaccine into a person or animal so they become immune
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6.8
Protect a person from harm, often by giving a vaccine or preparing them to resist bad ideas
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Morphology
Etymology
Immunize comes from the Latin immunis, meaning 'exempt' or 'free', and you can see the same idea in the English word immune. So, when doctors immunize you with a vaccine, they help make your body 'free' from a disease.