immunization

English

Alternative forms

• immunisation (UK)

Etymology

From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize +‎ -ation.

Noun

immunization (countable and uncountable, plural immunizations)

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

   Near-synonym: vaccination (broadly synonymous)

   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.

3. (US, uncountable) The process by which any organism's body develops immunity against a pathogen.

   Immunization via previous infection is not unusual among infectious diseases, but the degree and duration of such immunization varies by disease and depends on other factors as well (such as immunocapability and dietary sufficiency).

Hyponyms

• serotherapy

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

process of immunization

• Armenian: իմունիզացիա (hy) (imunizacʻia)
• Bulgarian: имунизация f (imunizacija)
• Czech: imunizace f
• Esperanto: imunigo
• Indonesian: imunisasi (id), vaksinasi (id)
• Japanese: 予防接種 (ja) (yobōsesshu), 感作 (ja) (kansa)
• Kazakh: иммундау (immundau)
• Macedonian: имуниза́ција f (imunizácija)
• Polish: immunizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: imunização (pt) f
• Russian: иммуниза́ция (ru) f (immunizácija)
• Slovak: imunizácia
• Swedish: immunisering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: імуніза́ція f (imunizácija)

an instance of immunization

• Armenian: իմունիզացիա (hy) (imunizacʻia)
• Bulgarian: имунизация f (imunizacija)
• Esperanto: imunigo
• Indonesian: imunisasi (id), vaksinasi (id)
• Macedonian: имуниза́ција f (imunizácija)
• Portuguese: imunização (pt) f
• Slovak: imunizácia