different between immunization vs vaccine

English

Alternative forms

• immunisation (UK)

Etymology

From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette.

Noun

immunization (countable and uncountable, plural immunizations)

1. (US, uncountable) The process by which an individual is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.

   Immunization against influenza is important for all child-care workers.

2. (US, countable) One such exposure.

   The first immunization a baby gets is against HBV.

Usage notes

This term usually involves the vaccine instead of the nosode.

Derived terms

Hyponyms

• serotherapy

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin vacc?nus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox). Compare New Latin variola vacc?na (“cowpox”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) /?væk.si?n/, /?væk.s?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /væk?si?n/,

Noun

vaccine (countable and uncountable, plural vaccines)

1. (immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute.
2. The process of vaccination.

   My dog has had two vaccines this year.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• immunization
• inoculation
• shot

Translations

References

Danish

Noun

vaccine c (singular definite vaccinen, plural indefinite vacciner)

1. vaccine

Declension

Related terms

• vaccination
• vaccinere

References

• “vaccine” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Verb

vaccine

1. inflection of vacciner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Adjective

vaccine f pl

1. feminine plural of vaccino

Anagrams

• vinacce