immunization

English

Alternative forms

• immunisation (UK)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette.

Noun

immunization (countable and uncountable, plural immunizations)

1. (US, uncountable) The process by which an individual is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.

   Immunization against influenza is important for all child-care workers.

2. (US, countable) One such exposure.

   The first immunization a baby gets is against HBV.

Usage notes

This term usually involves the vaccine instead of the nosode.

Derived terms

• active immunization
• alloimmunization
• autoimmunization
• deimmunization
• hyperimmunization
• isoimmunization
• passive immunization
• postimmunization
• preimmunization
• reimmunization
• underimmunization

 

Hyponyms

• serotherapy

Translations

process of immunization

• Armenian: իմունիզացիա (hy) (imunizacʻia)
• Bulgarian: имунизация f (imunizacija)
• Esperanto: imunigo
• Japanese: 予防接種 (ja) (yobōsesshu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: imunização f
• Russian: иммуниза́ция (ru) f (immunizácija)
• Slovak: imunizácia
• Swedish: immunisering c

an instance of immunization

• Armenian: իմունիզացիա (hy) (imunizacʻia)
• Bulgarian: имунизация f (imunizacija)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Esperanto: imunigo
• Portuguese: imunização f
• Slovak: imunizácia