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  • noun Chiefly Brit. Same as immunization.

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  • noun UK, immunology Alternative spelling of immunization.

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  • noun the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

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Examples

  • This is what Popper called "immunisation" of a pseudo-scientific concept.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Medical schemes should pay for preventive measures such as immunisation and vaccinations, and accept their obligation to provide coverage for pregnancy, Health Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma said on Thursday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Phosa said, adding the focus would be on preventative health such as immunisation, child and mother health care and sexually transmitted diseases education.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • It would provide services such as immunisation, antenatal, natal and postnatal care, prevention of malnutrition and common childhood diseases, family planning services and counselling.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Research shows that investing in low-cost, proven interventions (such as immunisation and breastfeeding) at the family and community level can save millions of children's lives each year.

    Inspire Magazine News 2010

  • Primary Care Trusts were given £21bn last year for public health but most of the money was swallowed up by central directives and programmes such as immunisation and screening with little left for local bodies to spend on their own priorities, the report said.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Parents 'need help' to protect kids from internet PARENTS need advice on internet dangers in the same way they are told about other childhood health issues such as immunisation, says a Flinders University researcher.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Parents 'need help' to protect kids from internet PARENTS need advice on internet dangers in the same way they are told about other childhood health issues such as immunisation, says a Flinders University researcher.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Parents 'need help' to protect kids from internet PARENTS need advice on internet dangers in the same way they are told about other childhood health issues such as immunisation, says a Flinders University researcher.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Research shows that investing in low-cost, proven interventions (such as immunisation and breastfeeding) at the family and community level can save millions of children's lives each year.

    Inspire Magazine News 2010

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