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vaccination

(Science: procedure) The introduction of vaccine into the body for the purpose of inducing immunity. Coined originally to apply to the injection of smallpox vaccine, the term has come to mean any immunising procedure in which vaccine is injected.

Origin: L. Vacca = cow Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease.The scar left following innoculation with a vaccine.The administering of a [[vaccine. Governments often promote vaccination programs to render whole populations immune to undesirable diseases.