VACCINATING

inoculating, vaccinating

(noun) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; “doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vaccinating

present participle of vaccinate

Source: Wiktionary


VACCINATE

Vac"ci*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaccinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating.] Etym: [See Vaccine.]

Definition: To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2024

REDEYE

(noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; “he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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