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IMMUNIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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:
Administration of this antibody does not interfere with other immunizations.
(Palivizumab, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms usually follow an acute viral infection or immunization and include fever, confusion, somnolence and involuntary movements.
(Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Antigen Sensitization is a process of immunization with an antigen preparation that renders an immune-response involving generation of antibodies against the specific antigen(s) injected.
(Antigen Sensitization, NCI Thesaurus)
They also will compare immunization with purified capsule polysaccharide as a preventive approach (active immunization) versus using capsule-specific antibodies as a therapy (passive immunization).
(Scientists describe potential antibody approach for treating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health)
A physician assistant may take medical histories, do physical exams, take blood and urine samples, care for wounds, and give injections and immunizations.
(Physician assistant, NCI Dictionary)
They isolated FluA-20 antibody from a person who had received many influenza immunizations.
(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)
In BMT, CMV infection may be prevented by passive immunization with donor-derived CMV-pp65-specific T-cell clones if provided early post-BMT.
(CMV N495 Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)
It may include information about allergies, illnesses and surgeries, and dates and results of physical exams, tests, screenings, and immunizations.
(Personal health record, NCI Dictionary)
Although the mechanism of its anti-tumor activity is unclear, immunization with BCG vaccine likely activates a Th1 cytokine response that includes the induction of interferon.
(BCG Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Most of these diseases are now at their lowest levels in history, thanks to years of immunization.
(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
