Vaccination

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Related terms

English

Etymology

From Latin vacca, "cow". The term was coined by Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who infected people with weakened cowpox viruses to immunise them againt the disease.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən/, /ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃn/

Noun

vaccination

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

Translations

• German: Impfung f (1)
• Swedish: vaccinering c, vaccination c

Related terms

• vaccination mark