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What is the noun for vaccination?

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vaccinifer
  1. (historical) The person from whom the vaccine was derived in the former practice of arm-to-arm vaccination.
  2. (historical) A vaccine point or similar device used in vaccination.
vaccine
  1. (immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Smear tests will still be used to test for abnormities after the HPV vaccine is introduced.”
      “As presently licensed, quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine is to be given by subcutaneous injection.”
      “In 1996, the NVIC realized a major goal when the FDA licensed an improved pertussis vaccine known as the acellular pertussis vaccine.”
vaccination
  1. Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Is the likelihood of my coming down with lockjaw or diphtheria high enough to warrant a vaccination?”
      “In any case, public clamor for inoculations might require a liberal vaccination program after an outbreak.”
      “The live vaccinia virus that is used for the smallpox vaccination is admittedly the most dangerous vaccine in use.”
vacciniola
  1. (medicine) A secondary general eruption sometimes following the local vaccine eruption.
vaccinoid
vaccinophobia
  1. A morbid fear of receiving a vaccination.
vaccinostyle
  1. A pointed lancet used in vaccination
vaccinogen
  1. An animal that is a source of a vaccine
vaccinology
  1. The development and production of new vaccines
vaccinator
  1. A person or agent that administers vaccines.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Being a polio vaccinator during Iraq's polio National Immunization Days is a wonderful thing to do.”
      “The WHO has followed suit, placing a vaccinator with a coolbox at every possible roadblock to catch peripatetic children.”
      “Pakistan, where a polio vaccinator was recently killed, is an exception right now, he noted.”
vaccinationist
  1. (chiefly obsolete) A person who supports vaccination.
vaccinee
  1. The person who receives a vaccine.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If the vaccinee sneezes after administration, the dose should not be repeated.”
      “The benefit would come later in the form of community-wide immunity leading to fewer infections and fewer deaths, including in the vaccinee.”
      “For this reason, the vaccinee should remain under medical supervision for 30 minutes after immunization.”
vaccinologist
  1. An expert in vaccinology
vaccinist
  1. One who administers vaccines.
  2. Synonyms:
vaccinization
  1. The act of vaccinizing.
vaccinationists
  1. plural of vaccinationist
vaccinizations
  1. plural of vaccinization
vaccinologists
  1. plural of vaccinologist
vaccinostyles
  1. plural of vaccinostyle
vaccinations
  1. plural of vaccination
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If the vaccinations are not done, the death rate could easily match that of the 1991 outbreak, he said.”
      “Recommendations for groups of people who should receive routine pre-exposure vaccinations are given in the accompanying table.”
      “But as the disease spread out of control, authorities switched to vaccinations as the main form of defense, he added.”
vaccinators
  1. plural of vaccinator
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Each round requires vaccinators to get the polio drops into the mouths of 50 million children.”
      “That enraged some Taliban factions in Pakistan, which outlawed vaccination in their areas and threatened vaccinators.”
      “Tells about visiting towns where vaccinations had been performed and questioning vaccinators to be sure they knew what they were doing.”
vaccinifers
  1. plural of vaccinifer
vaccinists
vaccinoids
  1. plural of vaccinoid
vaccinees
  1. plural of vaccinee
  2. Examples:
    1. Vaccinees are infectious from about the third day after vaccine receipt until the scab falls off, which may take three to four weeks.”
vaccines
  1. plural of vaccine
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After the effectiveness of the vaccines wears off, the risk of actual infection returns.”
      “Even if vaccines cause some adverse reactions in some people, even serious reactions, you still have to weigh their benefit against their harm.”
      “Hexavalent vaccines such as diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine, hepatitis B virus vaccine, IPV, and Hib are being developed.”
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