Vaccination

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• IPA: /ËŒvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ËŒvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃnÌ©/
• Hyphenation: vac + ci + na + tion

Origin

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

Full definition of vaccination

Noun

1. Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
• 2014-06-14, It's a gas, One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

Related terms

• vaccination mark