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vaccinating

vaccinating

1 3.7
Giving a vaccine to protect people from disease
  • noun
  • /ˈvæksɪˌneɪtɪŋ/
: 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.

Examples

  • If there is a direct causal relationship, then your arguments about vaccinating would be sound.

    Blog text (19)

  • 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.

    Blog text (13)

  • Beigi et al. found that vaccinating compared to not vaccinating pregnant women resulted in an incremental cost of $7,718 USD per QALY.

    Academic text (2016)

  • 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.

    Blog text (32)

  • 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.

    Blog text (13)

  • The annual health fair offered free vaccinating services for children to protect them from common diseases.

  • The doctor recommended vaccinating pets to ensure they are protected from various infectious diseases.

Synonyms

vaccination
vsvaccinating
76 3.0

Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease

is used for general protection rather than naming a specific disease
immunization
vsvaccinating
  • Specialized
29 3.7

The process of protecting a person from disease by giving a vaccine

refers to the single act that introduces a vaccine rather than the whole process
inoculation
vsvaccinating
  • Specialized
15 4.0

To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease

refers to the protective act using a vaccine rather than naming the agent
inoculating
vsvaccinating
  • Specialized
3.9

Putting a vaccine into a person's body to protect them from disease

limits this to using specifically a vaccine rather than other agents

Surface Forms

vaccinating singular
vaccinatings plural

Morphology

vaccinating = vaccinate (transparent) = vaccinate + ing

The noun is a straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'vaccinate' denoting the act of administering a vaccine.

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.