vaccination Meaning and Definition
1. n. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
2. n. the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine
Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen.
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