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vaccination

vac·ci·na·tion [ ˌvak-sə-ˈnā-shən]

vaccination

noun

[ˌvak-sə-ˈnā-shən]

Definition of vaccination

1 : the act of vaccinating

2 : the scar left by vaccinating

Recent Examples on the Web

//His adoption fee includes his neuter surgery, current vaccinations, a microchip and a free follow-up wellness exam with a VCA Animal Hospital.
— Arizona Republic, azcentral, "Joey Tribbiani and more pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters this week," 1 Nov. 2019
//Those who may have consumed the affected product should contact a health care professional to determine whether vaccination is appropriate.
— Mike Snider, USA TODAY, "Frozen berries recalled from Aldi, Raley's stores over hepatitis A concerns," 1 Nov. 2019
//California’s vaccination policies are once again drawing national attention in the wake of the nation’s recent measles outbreak, which totaled 1,095 cases as of June 27.
— SFChronicle.com, "State investigates 4 doctors for issuing questionable vaccination exemptions," 2 July 2019
//California’s vaccination policies are once again drawing national attention in the wake of the nation’s recent measles outbreak, which totaled 1,095 cases as of June 27.
— NBC News, "California broadens investigation of doctors for issuing questionable vaccine exemptions," 2 July 2019
//In response, more camp owners and the camping industry are urging families to follow vaccination policies.
— Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "Summer camps are requiring children get vaccinated amid measles fears," 19 June 2019
//The most recent data shows a 93.5 percent immunization rate for 2016/17, having risen from 92.9 percent in 2015/16 when vaccination policies first began, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
— Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, "Australian parents who don't vaccinate will be fined as a 'constant reminder' they should," 10 July 2018
//The whole ethos of this quirky, notionally kind place goes up in a nuclear cloud when somebody catches the mumps, and a large number of the parents reveal their opposition to vaccinations.
— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, "Experiments with Context in “Betrayal” and “Eureka Day”," 9 Sep. 2019
//But their serostatus prior to vaccination wasn’t assessed, so Sanofi won’t know whether those who develop severe dengue were put at higher risk by ADE.
— Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "Critics ‘alarmed by lack of interest’ in studying children put at risk by dengue vaccine," 4 Sep. 2019

First Known Use of vaccination

1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for vaccination

earlier, "inoculation with fluid from cowpox pustules," from vaccine "of cowpox" (in the phrases vaccine matter, vaccine virus) + -ation — more at vaccine

Dictionary Entries near vaccination

More Definitions forvaccination

vaccination

noun

vac·ci·na·tion | \ ˌvak-sə-ˈnā-shən \

Kids Definition of vaccination

: the act of vaccinating

vaccination

noun

vac·ci·na·tion | \ ˌvak-sə-ˈnā-shən \

Medical Definition of vaccination

1 : the introduction into humans or domestic animals of microorganisms that have previously been treated to make them harmless for the purpose of inducing the development of immunity
//oral vaccination vaccination against smallpox vaccination for whooping cough

2 : the scar left by vaccinating