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recall dose

recall dose

4.7
An extra vaccine or medicine given later to make the first one work well
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : dosis de refuerzo
  • Many children receive a recall dose to ensure long-term immunity against certain diseases.

Examples

  • The doctor scheduled a recall dose six months after the initial vaccination.

  • A recall dose may be necessary if the body's immune response to the first dose is not sufficient.

  • The doctor recommended a recall dose for the vaccine.

  • Did you receive your recall dose last week?

  • Many children receive a recall dose to ensure long-term immunity against certain diseases.

  • The doctor scheduled a recall dose six months after the initial vaccination.

  • A recall dose may be necessary if the body's immune response to the first dose is not sufficient.

Synonyms

booster
vsrecall dose
  • Specialized
20 3.7

An extra vaccine dose given later to increase protection

focuses on ensuring the first dose worked rather than general renewal
booster shot
vsrecall dose
  • Specialized
3 2.9

An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger

is given to ensure the initial dose was effective rather than only renew immunity
booster dose
vsrecall dose
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An extra vaccine dose given after the first doses to increase protection

relates to ensuring a single initial dose worked rather than extending a series' effect
revaccination
vsrecall dose
  • Specialized
4.7

To give a vaccine again to renew protection

is the single extra administration intended to ensure an earlier dose worked

How Protective

booster dose
  • Specialized
1 3.9
recall dose
  • Specialized
4.7
additional
858 1.0

Surface Forms

recall dose singular
recall doses plural

Morphology

recall + dose

The phrase links 'recall' + 'dose' in a way that suggests a repeated or follow-up administration, but the meaning 'additional/booster dose' is not fully predictable from the provided sense of 'recall' (which is given as product recall) and requires knowledge of a medical usage (to recall patients or the notion of a 'reminder' dose). Because the relation is partially inferable (follow-up/return for another dose) but depends on domain-specific usage and alternative senses of 'recall', it is only semi-transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Recall dose may come from the simple idea of 'call back' plus 'dose': recall means 'call back' and dose is one amount of medicine. A second dose 'reminds' the body to make stronger protection after the first shot, so that's why a recall dose means an extra shot given to make the first one work better.