vaccinating

vac·ci·nate

V0002300 (văk′sə-nāt′)v. vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing, vac·ci·nates v.tr. To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease, such as diphtheria or typhus.v.intr. To perform vaccinations or a vaccination.

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vac′ci·na′tor n.

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vaccinating - the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"inoculatingprotection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"ring vaccination - administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunizationvariolation, variolization - the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox