vaccinating
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- noun
- /ˈvæksɪˌneɪtɪŋ/
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vacunación
- The clinic is focused on vaccinating the local population against influenza to prevent widespread outbreaks during the winter season.
The vaccinating children isn't going to be useful.
- The vaccinating children isn't going to be useful.
Examples
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If there is a direct causal relationship, then your arguments about vaccinating would be sound.
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To justify placing so many children at risk for the sake of a clinical trial, there must be compelling evidence to think that vaccinating might pose at least an equal risk that would justify it.
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Beigi et al. found that vaccinating compared to not vaccinating pregnant women resulted in an incremental cost of $7,718 USD per QALY.
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Doesn't mean vaccinating isn't necessary; it just means the younger women who do get vaccinated now will have a much better chance of avoiding cervical cancer in the future.
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You have decided on the basis of a few anecdotes by a few non-medical people you are acquainted with that vaccinating children is unethical and demand impossible studies to disprove your unfounded belief.
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The annual health fair offered free vaccinating services for children to protect them from common diseases.
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The doctor recommended vaccinating pets to ensure they are protected from various infectious diseases.
Synonyms
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Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease
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The process of protecting a person from disease by giving a vaccine
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To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease
Putting a vaccine into a person's body to protect them from disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vaccinating comes from the Latin word vacca, which means 'cow'. Long ago people noticed a mild sickness from cows could 'protect' people from smallpox, so the treatment was called vaccine, and now vaccinating means giving a medicine to help the body resist disease.