vaccinate (redirected from vaccinates)

vac·ci·nate  (vks-nt)

v. vac·ci·nat·ed, vac·ci·nat·ing, vac·ci·nates

v.tr.

To inoculate with a vaccine in order to produce immunity to an infectious disease, such as diphtheria or typhus.

v.intr.

To perform vaccinations or a vaccination.

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vacci·nator n.

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vaccinate

Verb

[-nating, -nated] to inject (someone) with a vaccine in order to protect them against a disease: children vaccinated against meningitis

vaccination n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

vaccinate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" immunise, immunize, 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"

Translations

vaccinate [ˈvæksɪneɪt] vt → vacunar

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vaccinate [ˈvæksɪneɪt] vt → vacciner

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vaccinate [ˈvæksɪneɪt] vt to vaccinate sb (against sth) → jdn (gegen etw) impfen

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vaccinate [ˈvæksɪneɪt] vt → vaccinare