Definitions for Vaccination
ˌvæk səˈneɪ ʃənvac·ci·na·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inoculation, vaccinationnoun

   taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

2. vaccinationnoun

   the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

GCIDERate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Vaccinationnoun

   Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vaccinationnoun

   Inoculation with a vaccine in order to protect a particular disease or strain of disease

2. Etymology: From vacca. The term was coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who infected people with weakened cowpox viruses to immunise them against the disease.

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1. Vaccination

   Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious disease. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a vaccine because even a weakened version would harm them. The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified. Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing infectious diseases; widespread immunity due to vaccination is largely responsible for the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the elimination of diseases such as polio and tetanus from much of the world. However, some diseases, such as measles outbreaks in America, have seen rising cases due to relatively low vaccination rates in the 2010s – attributed, in part, to vaccine hesitancy. According to the World Health Organization, vaccination prevents 3.5–5 million deaths per year.The first disease people tried to prevent by inoculation was most likely smallpox, with the first recorded use of variolation occurring in the 16th century in China. It was also the first disease for which a vaccine was produced. Although at least six people had used the same principles years earlier, the smallpox vaccine was invented in 1796 by English physician Edward Jenner. He was the first to publish evidence that it was effective and to provide advice on its production. Louis Pasteur furthered the concept through his work in microbiology. The immunization was called vaccination because it was derived from a virus affecting cows (Latin: vacca 'cow'). Smallpox was a contagious and deadly disease, causing the deaths of 20–60% of infected adults and over 80% of infected children. When smallpox was finally eradicated in 1979, it had already killed an estimated 300–500 million people in the 20th century.Vaccination and immunization have a similar meaning in everyday language. This is distinct from inoculation, which uses unweakened live pathogens. Vaccination efforts have been met with some reluctance on scientific, ethical, political, medical safety, and religious grounds, although no major religions oppose vaccination, and some consider it an obligation due to the potential to save lives. In the United States, people may receive compensation for alleged injuries under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Early success brought widespread acceptance, and mass vaccination campaigns have greatly reduced the incidence of many diseases in numerous geographic regions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists vaccination as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century in the U.S.

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1. vaccination

   Vaccination is a medical procedure that involves the introduction of a substance, typically a vaccine, into the body to stimulate the immune system to develop protection against a particular disease or infection. This substance usually contains weakened or killed pathogens such as viruses or bacteria, or components of these pathogens, and serves to enhance the body's natural defenses against these infectious diseases. The process helps to prepare the body to fight future infections.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Vaccinationnoun

   the act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation

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1. Vaccination

   Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate morbidity from infection. The effectiveness of vaccination has been widely studied and verified; for example, the influenza vaccine, the HPV vaccine, and the chicken pox vaccine. Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing infectious diseases; widespread immunity due to vaccination is largely responsible for the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the restriction of diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus from much of the world. The active agent of a vaccine may be intact but inactivated or attenuated forms of the causative pathogens, or purified components of the pathogen that have been found to be highly immunogenic. Toxoids are produced for immunization against toxin-based diseases, such as the modification of tetanospasmin toxin of tetanus to remove its toxic effect but retain its immunogenic effect. Smallpox was likely the first disease people tried to prevent by purposely inoculating themselves with other infections and was the first disease for which a vaccine was produced. The smallpox vaccine was designed in 1796 by the British physician Edward Jenner, although at least six people had used the same principles several years earlier. Louis Pasteur furthered the concept through his pioneering work in microbiology. The immunization was called vaccination because it was derived from a virus affecting cows. Smallpox was a contagious and deadly disease, causing the deaths of 20–60% of infected adults and over 80% of infected children. When smallpox was finally eradicated in 1979, during the 20th century alone it had killed an estimated 300–500 million people.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vaccination

   . Inoculation with the matter of cowpox as a protection against smallpox, was introduced 1796-98 by Edward Jenner (q. v.), and at length adopted by the faculty after much opposition on the part of both medical men and the public.

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1. Vaccination

   Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vaccination in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Vaccination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Vaccination in a Sentence

1. Karen Weiskopf:

   To this day I still get letters. I get calls, i'll get copies of people's vaccination cards in the mailbox that I don't know.

2. Scott Gottlieb:

   I worry that, going forward, we're going to see vaccination rates decline as this becomes more of a political football, and we see people -- literally, governors running against vaccines and vaccine mandates -- in the next presidential cycle. That's going to the be deleterious to the public health, generally, if that's what comes out of this episode we're in.

3. Rochelle Walensky:

   We are still seeing uptick in cases in areas of low vaccination, and in that situation we are suggesting that policies be made at the local level, those masking policies are really intended to protect the unvaccinated.

4. Rochelle Walensky:

   There are communities that are vulnerable and where we are now seeing surges in cases, and indeed also hospitalizations, due to what could be the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccination rates in these communities.

5. Maria Van Kerkhove:

   We've seen countries bring this virus to its knees, without vaccination, we have the tools at hand right now to actually bring this virus under control.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Vaccination
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Vaccination
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vaccination
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Vaccination
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Vaccination
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Vaccination