Definition of Vaccinating

Babylon English
vaccinate
v. render unsusceptible to a disease by inoculating; perform vaccination

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Vaccinating Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vaccinating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vaccinate
  

WordNet 2.0
vaccinating

Noun
1. the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating"
(synonym) inoculating
(hypernym) protection
(hyponym) ring vaccination
(derivation) immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate


vaccinate

Verb
1. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
(synonym) immunize, immunise, inoculate
(hypernym) inject, shoot
(derivation) vaccination
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine

hEnglish - advanced version
vaccinating

vaccinating
n : the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating" [syn: inoculating]