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im·mu·nize
(ĭm′yə-nīz′)tr.v. im·mu·nized, im·mu·niz·ing, im·mu·niz·es
1. To render immune.
2. To produce immunity in, as by inoculation.
3. Law To grant immunity from prosecution or suit: immunize a witness.
im′mu·ni·za′tion (-nĭ-zā′shən) n.
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immunize
(ˈɪmjʊˌnaɪz) orimmunise
vb
(Medicine) to make immune, esp by inoculation
ˌimmuniˈzation, ˌimmuniˈsation n
ˈimmuˌnizer, ˈimmuˌniser n
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im•mu•nize
(ˈɪm yəˌnaɪz, ɪˈmyu naɪz)v.t. -nized, -niz•ing.
to make immune.
[1890–95]
im`mu•ni•za′tion, n.
im′mu•niz`er, n.
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immunize
Past participle: immunized
Gerund: immunizing
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| Verb | 1. | immunize - law: grant immunity from prosecution protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| 2. |  immunize - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
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immunize
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Translations
imunizovat
immuniserevaccinere
immunizál
gera ónæman, vekja ónæmi
stať sa imúnnym
imunizirati
bağışık kılmakbağışıklık kazandırmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
immunize
[ˈɪmjʊnaɪz] immunise (British) vt → immuniserto immunize sb against sth → immuniser qn contre qch
Every student is immunized against hepatitis B → Tous les étudiants sont immunisés contre l'hépatite B.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
immunize
vt → immunisieren, immun machen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
immune
(iˈmjuːn) adjective (with to or from) protected against, or naturally resistant to, eg a disease. immune to measles; immune from danger.
imˈmunity nounˈimmunize, ˈimmunise (ˈimju-) verb
to make immune to a disease, especially by an injection of a weak form of the disease.
ˌimmuniˈzation, ˌimmuniˈsation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
im·mu·nize
v. inmunizar, hacer inmune.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
immunize
vt inmunizar, (to vaccinate) vacunarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.