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Noun: vaccination  `vak-su'ney-shun
  1. Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
    - inoculation, jab [Brit]
     
  2. The scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

Derived forms: vaccinations

See also: vaccinate

Type of: cicatrice, cicatrix, immunisation [Brit], immunization, scar

Encyclopedia: Vaccination