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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, immunise [ˈɪmjʊˌnaɪz]

vb

(Medicine) to make immune, esp by inoculation

immunization , immunisation n

immunizer , immuniser 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 They have decide not to have their child immunized.

Translations

immunize [ˈɪmjʊnaɪz] VT (Med) → inmunizar

immunize [ˈɪmjʊnaɪz] immunise (British) vt → immuniser
to immunize sb against sth → immuniser qn contre qch
Every student is immunized against hepatitis B → Tous les étudiants sont immunisés contre l'hépatite B.

immunize

vt → immunisieren, immun machen

immunize [ˈɪmjʊˌnaɪz] vt → immunizzare

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immunize [ˈɪmjʊˌnaɪz] vt → immunizzare