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Verb: vaccinate  'vak-si,neyt
  1. (medicine) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever";
    - immunize, immunise [Brit], inoculate, jab [Brit, informal], vax [informal]

Derived forms: vaccinating, vaccinated, vaccinates

Type of: inject, shoot

Encyclopedia: Vaccinate