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IMMUNIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

Example:

The nurse vaccinated the children in the school

Synonyms:

immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "immunize" is one way to...):

inject; shoot (give an injection to)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of 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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

immunization (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Law: grant immunity from prosecution

Synonyms:

immunise; immunize

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "immunize" is one way to...):

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

Hybridomas of mouse myeloma cells and mouse spleen cells immunized with human melanoma cell were produced, of which one secreted MoAb 8.2.

(Monoclonal Antibody 8.2, NCI Thesaurus)

Hybridomas of mouse myeloma cells and mouse spleen cells immunized with human melanoma cell were produced, of which one secreted MoAb 96.5.

(Monoclonal Antibody 96.5, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood serum or immunoglobulin fraction that contains antibodies against specific antigens obtained from previously immunized animals.

(Antiserum, NCI Thesaurus)

Gp100 DNA is coated onto microscopic gold beads and used to immunize animals and generate polyclonal antibodies that specifically recognize gp100 antigen.

(gp100 cDNA/Gold Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A split-virus, inactivated influenza A (H1N1) vaccine containing H1N1 immunizing antigen combined with the adjuvant AS03, with potential immunostimulating activity.

(AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Obtained from animals that have been immunized with human thymocytes, antithymocyte globulin (ATG) specifically recognizes and destroys T lymphocytes.

(Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine containing acellular antigenic components of Bordetella pertussis adsorbed on a mineral carrier with active immunizing activity against pertussis infection.

(Bordetella pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure to isolate one or more anti-globulin antibodies from either serum derived from animals immunized with human serum globulins or from fluids harvested from stable immunoglobulin-secreting cell lines.

(Anti-Human Globulin Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

The strain is commonly used as a model for rheumatoid arthritis as it mimics hallmarks of the human disease when immunized with type II collagen.

(DBA/1 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Hybridomas of SP2/0 mouse myeloma cells and mouse spleen cells are immunized with cultured human melanoma cells, and subsequently one of the hybridomas secreted MoAb 48.7.

(Monoclonal Antibody 48.7, NCI Thesaurus)