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VACCINATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Synonyms:

inoculation; vaccination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("vaccination" is a kind of...):

immunisation; immunization (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

Derivation:

vaccinate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("vaccination" is a kind of...):

cicatrice; cicatrix; scar (a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue)

Derivation:

vaccinate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)

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 Context examples: 

The scientists assessed immune responses in blood and in fluid drawn from the lungs for a 24-week period following vaccination.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

Upon vaccination, Listeria expresses the HPV 16 E7 antigen and activates the immune system to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against cancer cells expressing HPV 16 E7.

(Attenuated Live Listeria Encoding HPV 16 E7 Vaccine ADXS11-001, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with MUC2-KLH may result in the production of antibodies as well as elicit a cytotoxic T- lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells expressing MUC2.

(MUC-2-KLH Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with these altered cells may elicit an anti-tumor immune response via CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL).

(B7 Transfected Melanoma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Similarly, vaccines designed to elicit antibodies against this target might provide long-lasting protection against any influenza strain, potentially eliminating the need for annual seasonal influenza vaccination.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)

Vaccination with BCG may be immunoprotective against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(BCG, NCI Thesaurus)

The only civil servants not assigned to assist in the vaccination effort were those working on water and electricity.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)

Upon vaccination, the autologous GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated colorectal cancer cell vaccine releases GM-CSF.

(Autologous GM-CSF-secreting Lethally Irradiated Colorectal Cancer Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Co-vaccination of this vaccine with melanoma antigen specific vaccine may eliminate the adverse effects associated with systemic administration of immune modulators, while also enhancing vaccine-induced immune responses.

(Anti-CTLA4 MoAb RNA-transfected Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular vaccination, AS03-adjuvanted H1N1 influenza vaccine may elicit an immune response against the H1N1 virus and the production of anti-H1N1 antibodies.

(AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)