English Explanatory Dictionary

immunization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
  2. One such exposure.
  3. The process by which any organism's body develops immunity against a pathogen.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immunization.wav

Word forms

immunization immunizations immunisation

Etymology

From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize + -ation or immune + -ization.

Synonyms

vaccination[Appendix:Glossary

Derived words

active immunization alloimmunization autoimmunization coimmunization deimmunization hyperimmunization immunization passport isoimmunization overimmunization postimmunization preimmunization reimmunization underimmunization xenoimmunization

Translations

Arabic: تمنيع Armenian: իմունիզացիա Bulgarian: имунизация Catalan: immunització Czech: imunizace Esperanto: imunigo French: immunisation Indonesian: imunisasi Indonesian: vaksinasi Italian: immunizzazione Japanese: 予防接種 Japanese: 感作 Kazakh: иммундау Macedonian: имуниза́ција Polish: immunizacja Portuguese: imunização Russian: иммуниза́ция Slovak: imunizácia Spanish: inmunización Swedish: immunisering Ukrainian: імуніза́ція
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