vaccination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
    inoculation.
  2. noun the scar left following inoculation with a vaccine

WordNet


Vac`ci*na"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation. 2. any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease. ✍ In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination of cholera.

Webster 1913