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Adjective: immunized  'i-myu,nIzd
  1. Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease
    "I am aware that these cases of diphtheria among immunized children are probably the first on record";
    - immunised [Brit], vaccinated
Verb: immunize  'i-myu,nIz
  1. Grant immunity from prosecution
    - immunise [Brit]
     
  2. (medicine) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "We immunize against scarlet fever";
    - immunise [Brit], inoculate, vaccinate, vax [informal], jab [Brit, informal]

See also: insusceptible, unsusceptible

Type of: inject, protect, shoot

Encyclopedia: Immunized

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