vaccinize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vaccine +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

vaccinize (third-person singular simple present vaccinizes, present participle vaccinizing, simple past and past participle vaccinized)

  1. (transitive, immunology, archaic) To vaccinate repeatedly until susceptibility to a virus has completely disappeared, as indicated by the complete absence of pustules etc. at the point of application.
    • 1883, “Vaccination and Vaccinization”, in Southern Medical Record:
      A series of carefully conducted experiments has convinced him that a not inconsiderable proportion of those vaccinated are not vaccinized.

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