vaccination

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən/ 🇺🇸 /væksəˈneɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of administering a vaccine to a person or animal to produce immunity against a specific disease.; A dose of vaccine administered to induce immunity; an inoculation.; The scar or mark left on the skin after a smallpox vaccination.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: vaccinations

Collocations

vaccination campaignvaccination programvaccination ratevaccination schedulechildhood vaccinationvaccination against

Derivatives

vaccinatevaccinevaccinatorrevaccinationantivaccination

Synonyms

immunizationinoculationshotjab

Commonly confused

vaccine
EN: 'Vaccine' is the biological substance administered; 'vaccination' is the act or process of administering it.
immunization
EN: 'Immunization' refers to the broader process of becoming immune (which can occur naturally); 'vaccination' specifically refers to the deliberate administration of a vaccine.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'vaccination' has double 'c' and double 'n' — not 'vacination' or 'vaccinatoin'.

💬 Examples

  1. Children are required to receive certain vaccinations before enrolling in public school.

  2. She received her flu vaccination at the local pharmacy last week.

  3. The old vaccination scar on his upper arm was a reminder of the smallpox era.