different between vaccination vs prophylaxis

English

Etymology

From vaccinia, a cowpox infection. Ultimately from Latin vacca (“cow”). Coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1798. Jenner infected people with weakened cowpox viruses (Vaccinia), to immunise them against smallpox. It is now known that vaccinia and cow pox are separate conditions, but at the time of Jenner, they were considered the same condition.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• IPA^(key): /?væk.s??ne?.??n/, /?væk.s??ne?.?n?/
• Hyphenation: vac?ci?na?tion

Noun

vaccination (countable and uncountable, plural vaccinations)

1. Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Derived terms

• anti-vaccination

Related terms

• vaccination mark
• vaccinator

Translations

Danish

Noun

vaccination c (singular definite vaccinationen, plural indefinite vaccinationer)

1. vaccination

Declension

Related terms

• vaccine
• vaccinere

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vak.si.na.sj??/

Noun

vaccination f (plural vaccinations)

1. vaccination

Related terms

• vaccin
• vacciner
• vaccinologie
• vaccinologue

Further reading

• “vaccination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

vaccination c

1. vaccination

Declension

Related terms

• vaccin
• vaccinera

References

• vaccination in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vaccination in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaccination in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ??? (pró, “before”) + ??????? (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).

Noun

prophylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural prophylaxes)

1. (medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for disease.
2. (chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prophylaxis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary