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 Vac·ci·nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaccinated p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating.]  To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; now, generally, to administer (by injection or otherwise) any vaccine with the objective of rendering the recipient immune to an infectious disease.  One who has been thus immunized by vaccination is said to be vaccinated against a particular disease.  One may be thus immunized (vaccinated) also by oral ingestion or inhalation of a vaccine.
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 vaccinating
      n : the act of protecting against disease by introducing a
          vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors
          examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating"
          [syn: inoculating]