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immunization
Pronunciation (im′myū-ni-zā′shŭn)
- Protection of susceptible patients from communicable diseases by administration of a living modified agent (e.g., yellow fever vaccine), a suspension of killed organisms (e.g., pertussis vaccine), a protein expressed in a heterologous organism (e.g., hepatitis B vaccine), or an inactivated toxin (e.g., tetanus). See also: vaccination, allergization
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