immunize
Protect against disease
To immunize is to make someone immune to a disease, typically through vaccination: Children are immunized against measles before starting school.
The word extends to protection from non-medical threats: No amount of wealth immunizes you from grief.
In law, to immunize a witness is to grant them immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony.
Disease prevention injection
- inoculateInject to prevent disease
- jabQuick, straight blow
- shotQuick liquor serving
- boosterSomething that increases strength
dose · injection · syringe · needle · clinic · pediatrician · serum · adjuvant
Handheld defensive armor
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- defendProtect from harm
- fortifyMake stronger against threat
- protectKeep from harm
guard · barrier · resistance · prevent · prophylaxis · preemptive · proactive · buffer
Protein targeting foreign substances
- antigenImmune response inducer
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
- B-cellsAntibody-secreting immune cells
lymphocytes · immunoglobulin · cytokines · interferon · adaptive · innate · humoral · memory cells
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
booster · dose · injection · syringe · needle · clinic · pediatrician · serum · adjuvant · immunogen
shield
Handheld defensive armor
protect · guard · barrier · resistance · prevent · prophylaxis · preemptive · proactive · buffer · insulate
antibody
Protein targeting foreign substances
- antigenImmune response inducer
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- T-cellsThymus-matured immune lymphocytes
B-cells · lymphocytes · immunoglobulin · cytokines · interferon · adaptive · innate · humoral · memory cells · white blood cells
measles
Contagious viral rash illness
tetanus · diphtheria · pertussis · smallpox · hepatitis · influenza · rabies · typhoid · cholera · HPV
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
surveillance · WHO · CDC · campaign · mandate · coverage · access · equity · global · community
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- diplomatic immunityEnvoy's exemption from prosecution
- adult immunizationVaccines given after childhood
- natural immunityAcquired resistance through exposure
- legal immunityProtection from prosecution
- childhood immunizationVaccines given to children
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