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vaccinate verb

  /ˈvæksɪneɪt/
  • (transitive) To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
 rokottaa

vaccine noun

  /-saɪn/ , /-sɪn/ , /vækˈsin/ , /ˈvæksiːn/ , /ˈvækˌsin/
  • A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
 rokote
  • (historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.
 lehmänrokosta tehty isorokkorokote

vaccination noun

  /ˌvæk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.
 rokotus

vaccinated adjective

  • Inoculated with a vaccine.
 rokotettu

vaccine adjective

  /-saɪn/ , /-sɪn/ , /vak.sin/ , /vækˈsin/ , /ˈvaksɪn/ , /ˈvæksiːn/ , /ˈvækˌsin/
  • (immunology) Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.
 lehmänrokko-
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