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Noun: ring vaccination
  1. Administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
    "Ring vaccination was used to control the smallpox outbreak"

Derived forms: ring vaccinations

Type of: inoculating, vaccinating

Encyclopedia: Ring vaccination