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# vaccination

noun (a vaccination, vaccinations; uncountable for the process)

«vaccination» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vaccination is an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease by teaching your body to fight it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#m1)
2. Vaccination is the act of giving these medicines to people or animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons vaccination explains how the immune system learns to recognise germs safely; it protects you and others around you. Phrases: «have a vaccination», «get vaccinated», «a flu vaccination», «vaccination record».

### Examples

- I had my vaccination at the doctor's today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x1)
- Vaccinations help stop diseases like measles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x2)
- Our dog needs a rabies vaccination. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x3)
- The school nurse checked our vaccination records. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x4)
- My arm was a bit sore after the vaccination. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x5)
- Vaccination protects babies who are too young to be vaccinated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x6)
- Travellers sometimes need vaccinations for other countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x7)

### Note

Also called a jab (UK) or a shot (US). Verb: vaccinate; noun for the medicine: vaccine. A sore arm or feeling tired for a day is normal. Vaccines contain no live disease that can make you ill in the normal way; they train your body.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vaccination» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vaccination» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vaccination.html) on Mova free.