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Noun: vaccinating  vak-si-ney-ting
  1. The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
    "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the vaccinating"
    - inoculating
Verb: vaccinate  'vak-su`neyt
  1. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
    - immunize, immunise [Brit], inoculate

See also: vaccination, vaccinator, vaccine

Type of: inject, protection, shoot

Encyclopedia: Vaccinate