immunize
verb/ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/US
Etymology
From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.
- derived from immuniser
Definitions
To make someone or something immune to something.
- It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure.
To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.
- At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.
- Subcutaneous immunization with N-PmpC EcN BGs also resulted in significantly higher systemic production of N-PmpC-specific IgG compared to conjunctivally immunized mice.
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