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nountaking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
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- vaccination the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
- vaccinate perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- immunization the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
- inoculate perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- immunize perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- variola vaccina a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
- immunisation the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
- variola vaccine a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
- immunise perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- variola vaccinia a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar