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Vaccination definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VACCINA'TION, n. The act, art or practice of inoculating persons with the cow-pox.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: inoculation, vaccination]
2: the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1800 1. the act of vaccinating 2. the scar left by vaccinating

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vaccination Vac`ci*na"tion, n. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see vaccinate

Foolish Dictionary

Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.