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im·mu·nize  (my-nz)

tr.v. im·mu·nized, im·mu·niz·ing, im·mu·niz·es

1. To render immune.

2. To produce immunity in, as by inoculation.

3. Law To grant immunity from prosecution: immunize a witness.

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immu·ni·zation (-n-zshn) n.

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immunize or -nise

Verb

[-nizing, -nized] or -nising, -nised to make (someone) immune to a disease, esp. by inoculation

immunization
-nisation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	immunize - law: grant immunity from prosecution immunise protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
	2.	immunize - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" vaccinate, immunise, inoculate practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

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immunize

verb vaccinate, inoculate, protect, safeguard

Translations

immunize [ˈɪmjunaɪz] vt → inmunizar

immunize [ˈɪmjunaɪz] vt → immuniser

immunize [ˈɪmjunaɪz] immune vt to immunize (against) → immunisieren (gegen)

immunize [ˈɪmjunaɪz] vt → immunizzare