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Webster 1913 Edition


Vaccination

Vacˊci-na′tion

,
Noun.
1.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf.
Inoculation
.
☞ In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure;
as,
vaccination
against cholera
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vaccination

VACCINA'TION

,
Noun.
The act, art or practice of inoculating persons with the cow-pox.

Definition 2024


vaccination

vaccination

English

Noun

vaccination (uncountable)

  1. Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
    • 2014 June 14, It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
      One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

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French

Noun

vaccination f (plural vaccinations)

  1. vaccination

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Swedish

Noun

vaccination c

  1. vaccination

Declension

Inflection of vaccination 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vaccination vaccinationen vaccinationer vaccinationerna
Genitive vaccinations vaccinationens vaccinationers vaccinationernas

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