Medical Dictionary

immunization

noun im·mu·ni·za·tion

Medical Definition of IMMUNIZATION

:  the creation of immunity usually against a particular disease; especially :  treatment (as by vaccination) of an organism for the purpose of making it immune to a particular pathogen <immunization against polio>

Variants of IMMUNIZATION

im·mu·ni·za·tion also British im·mu·ni·sa·tion \ˌim-yə-nə-ˈzā-shən\

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