rokottaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- immunize verb To make someone or something immune to something.
- inoculate verb To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
- vaccinate verb To give someone a vaccine so their body builds protection against a disease.
Senses
rokottaa is used for these senses in English:
- immunize (transitive) To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
- inoculate (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
- inoculate (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
- vaccinate (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
immunize — full definition
- verb To make someone or something immune to something.
- verb To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
inoculate — full definition
- verb To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
- verb To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
- verb To add one substance to another.
- verb To graft by inserting buds.