IMMUNIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunization mean? 

• IMMUNIZATION (noun)
  The noun IMMUNIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

  Familiarity information: IMMUNIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

immunisation; immunization

Hypernyms ("immunization" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunization"):

inoculation; vaccination (taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease)

sensitisation; sensitising; sensitization; sensitizing (rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections)

Derivation:

immunize (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)

 Context examples 

Cells responsible for spontaneous cytotoxicity of a variety of tumor cells without prior immunization.

(Natural killer cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Immunization with human gp100 DNA may induce protective immunity against melanoma and may provide an effective approach for vaccine therapy with tumor-associated antigens against human melanoma.

(gp100 cDNA/Gold Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology for concepts associated with immunization in children (birth to 21 years of age) contributed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

(NICHD Childhood Immunization Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A PA may take medical histories, do physical exams, take blood and urine samples, care for wounds, and give injections and immunizations.

(PA, NCI Dictionary)

Immunization of liposomal MUC1/PET-lipid A vaccine results in an antibody as well as a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against hypoglycosylated MUC1 expressing tumor cells.

(Liposomal MUC1/PET-lipid A Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

We are taking preventative action and keeping a vaccination belt in cities closer to the boundary with Minas Gerais state, and we also offer immunization ten days in advance to those traveling there.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

Upon intravenous administration, the antibodies against RSV may provide passive immunization against RSV.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

Antigenic peptides derived from MART-1 are recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes and have been used to immunize patients with advanced melanomas; prolonged immunization may result in a reduction in tumor size.

(MART-1 Fowlpox Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunizations are an easier and less risky way to become immune.

(Immunization, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

This vaccine also provides active immunization and protective immunity against CMV infection in CMV-negative patients exposed to infected donor cells or tissues in transplant recipients.

(CMVpp65/gB Plasmid Vaccine ASP0113, NCI Thesaurus)