prevaccination
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7.1
- noun
- /ˌpriːˈvæksɪˌneɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Many countries require prevaccination for travelers.
Examples
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The prevaccination process is crucial for public health.
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The prevaccination program helped prevent the spread of the virus in the community.
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Doctors recommend prevaccination for travelers visiting regions with high infection rates.
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Public health officials emphasized the importance of prevaccination before the flu season began.
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The act of prevaccination is essential to ensure that children are protected before they encounter infectious diseases.
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The clinic offers prevaccination consultations to help patients understand the vaccines they will be receiving.
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Effective prevaccination programs have significantly reduced the incidence of preventable diseases in many communities.
Synonyms
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3.0
Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease
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3.7
The process of protecting a person from disease by giving a vaccine
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4.0
To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
prevaccination = vaccination (semi-transparent) = pre + vaccin + ation
The form clearly means vaccination done beforehand, but the exact reference point 'before exposure to disease' is supplied by medical context rather than by morphology alone.
Etymology
Prevaccination joins pre- 'before' and vaccination, a word that comes from an old word for 'cow' because early vaccines came from a cow disease. So as a noun, prevaccination means giving a vaccine ahead of exposure to protect people in advance.