Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

immunization

/ˌɪmjunəzˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: im-mu-niza-tion
IPA: /ˌɪmjunəzˈeɪʃən/

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

One such exposure.

American usage; Countable

noun

The process by which any organism's body develops immunity against a pathogen.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: vaccination (broadly synonymous)"
"Immunization against influenza is important for all child-care workers."
"It will do little for the future of immunization to prepare excellent vaccines, test them to a fare-thee-well for safety and efficacy, and then not insure that they are adequately used."
"The first immunization a baby gets is against HBV."
"Our results are consistent with those obtained by other groups screening camelid-derived libraries, where an impressive diversity in the Nb nucleotide sequence, specificity and neutralizing capacity was found, especially after successive immunizations to promote the development of superimmunity."
"Immunization via previous infection is not unusual among infectious diseases, but the degree and duration of such immunization varies by disease and depends on other factors as well (such as immunocapability and dietary sufficiency)."

Etymology

From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize + -ation or immune + -ization.

Usage

Inflected Forms

immunizations (plural) immunisation (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

alloimmunization autoimmunization coimmunization deimmunization hyperimmunization isoimmunization overimmunization postimmunization preimmunization reimmunization underimmunization xenoimmunization

Phrases

active immunization immunization passport

Synonyms

vaccination[Appendix:Glossary immunisation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce immunization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪmjunəzˈeɪʃən/.
What does immunization mean?: The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
Where does immunization come from?: From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize + -ation or immune + -ization.

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