Vaccination
[,væksɪ'neɪʃən] or [,væksn'eʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Where 'jabbing the needle' is never a vice.
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Examples
- When the Eighteenth Century gave birth to the Nineteenth, its great natal gift in medicine was vaccination. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Seventeenth Century was notable for the discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey; the Eighteenth Century brought with it vaccination by Jenner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Waterhouse and performed the first vaccination in New York. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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