noun
vaccination
vak-sih-NAY-shuhn
noun
1
The act of giving a vaccine to protect someone from a disease; also the injection itself.
"The nurse gave him his flu vaccination in less than a minute."
"Vaccination programs have wiped out smallpox worldwide."
How to Use Vaccination
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe process (or the actual shot) of being given a vaccine.
Common pairings
vaccination programme
vaccination against
childhood vaccination
Word Forms
vaccinations plural
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Etymology
Coined from "vaccinia" (cowpox), from Latin vacca ("cow"). The physician Edward Jenner introduced the term in 1798 after using cowpox material to protect people from smallpox.