IMMUNIZE


Meaning of IMMUNIZE in English

(~s, immunizing, ~d)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'immunise'

If people or animals are ~d, they are made immune to a particular disease, often by being given an injection.

We should require that every student is ~d against hepatitis B...

The monkeys had been ~d with a vaccine made from infected cells...

All parents should have their children ~d.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed against n, be V-ed, have n V-ed

immunization (immunizations)

...universal immunization against childhood diseases...

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