immunization
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- noun
- /ˌɪmjunəˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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vacunación
- Children must receive their immunizations before starting school.
- childhood immunization
- immunization program
- immunization schedule
So the rabies immunization is the only one I'm aware of for wild animals.
- So the rabies immunization is the only one I'm aware of for wild animals.
- And here again, an independent body, the JCVI, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, will guide the government on the priorities.
- There's very difficult to get the full effect of immunization, substance use screening, cancer screening and the like in a single year.
Examples
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Initially caused by serogroup A, immunization against this strain became a requirement for entry to Saudi Arabia.
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Community-wide access to immunizations is provided by working with the public health authority and local pharmacies.
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There might also be a critical period during which immunization is most likely to achieve results.
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We're trying to increase HIV testing, we're trying to increase immunization rates, whatever it is.
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Invest in child health and public health measures, such as immunization, to improve child survival chances.
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I want to be able to choose which immunizations my children receive.
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The boy was otherwise healthy, took no medications, and his immunizations were up to date.
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Antigens are produced, which, following immunization, prompt the immune system to produce antibodies.
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An aggressive campaign to provide children and adolescents universal immunization against HBV was begun in the 1990s.
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In Europe, this led to government-sponsored campaigns of immunization against smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid fever, and whooping cough.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease
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To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease
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Giving a vaccine to protect people from disease
Putting a vaccine into a person's body to protect them from disease
How Protected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immunization comes from the Latin word immunis, meaning 'free' or 'exempt', and is related to the word immune. So an immunization is a way to make a person 'free' from a disease or 'protected' against it.