vac•ci•nat•ing
We found 4 definitions of vaccinating from 4 different sources.
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vaccinating - the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating" | ||
inoculating | ||
protection payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection" | ||
ring vaccination administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization |