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  • verb Present participle of vaccinate.

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  • noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity

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Examples

  • I did, certainly, succeed in vaccinating a number of people by injecting very small, repeated doses of virulent blood (with Conseil) and achieved rather better results with brain tissue from the guinea pig (with Hélène

    Charles Nicolle - Nobel Lecture 1965

  • Even though young children are being the hardest hit by the swine flu, many parents are not sold on the idea of vaccinating their young children.

    Parents divided over the H1N1 vaccine 2009

  • MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, ACTOR: I mean, obviously, the idea of vaccinating is in an ideal world, upside down and backwards.

    CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2008 2008

  • Many parents are appalled at the notion of vaccinating such young girls against a sexually transmitted disease.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • Many parents are appalled at the notion of vaccinating such young girls against a sexually transmitted disease.

    "What kind of people supply schoolgirls to a pharmaceutical company...?" Ann Althouse 2007

  • He says, well, we've endorsed the idea of vaccinating people in the time of smallpox epidemics.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2009

  • Whistling at our fear, assuming a brave stance, "vaccinating" ourselves with affirmations, seeking out the psychic police for protection, or even pole-vaulting headlong into fear like would-be Olympians are the common strategies many of us use to overcome terror.

    Alison Rose Levy: Smiling at Fear: Pema Chodron 2009

  • So we never took care of "vaccinating" it against viruses etc.

    me-ander 2009

  • * Protecting 111 million people through disease prevention activities, such as vaccinating children against measles

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2009

  • * Protecting 111 million people through disease prevention activities, such as vaccinating children against measles

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2009

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