vaccination
Meanings
Plural: vaccinations
Noun
- taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
- the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
- Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
Origin / Etymology
From vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1798. Jenner infected people with weakened cowpox viruses (vaccinia), to immunise them against smallpox. It is now known that vaccinia and cow pox are separate conditions, but at the time of Jenner, they were considered the same condition.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
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Words With Friends Score: 23
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