In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IMMUNIZATION
immunization, immunisation
(noun) the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
immunization (countable and uncountable, plural immunizations)
(US, uncountable) The process by which an individual is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
(US, countable) One such exposure.
Usage notes
This term usually involves the vaccine instead of the nosode.
Hyponyms
• serotherapy
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
Coffee Trivia
