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приви́вка — meaning in English

privivka

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English meaning

  • grafting noun The process of attaching a shoot or bud from one plant onto another so they grow together.
  • inoculation noun The introduction of a vaccine or similar substance into the body to build immunity to a disease.
  • vaccination noun The act of giving a vaccine to protect someone from a disease; also the injection itself.
  • vaccine noun A substance given to the body to trigger immunity against a disease, usually made from a weakened or inactive form of the germ that causes it.

Senses

приви́вка is used for these senses in English:

  • grafting (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  • inoculation (immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
  • vaccination Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
  • vaccine A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

grafting — full definition

  1. noun The process of attaching a shoot or bud from one plant onto another so they grow together.
  2. noun The surgical process of transplanting tissue or skin onto another part of the body.

inoculation — full definition

  1. noun The introduction of a vaccine or similar substance into the body to build immunity to a disease.
  2. noun The act of introducing microorganisms into a growth medium, or grafting plant material.

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