immunize
immunize
Definition
im·mu·nize (im′yo̵̅o̅ nīz′, -yə-)
transitive verb -·nized′, -·niz′·ing
to give immunity to, as by inoculation
im′·mu·ni·za′·tion noun
immunize
Usage Examples
Object
- mouse: Neonate mice passively immunized by suckling from mice fed transgenic potatoes had less diarrhea than neonates unexposed to the vaccine [ 14 ] .
- child: Twenty years of warfare have hampered attempts to immunize all Afghan children against the disease.
- million: Warring factions fighting in northern Afghanistan twice held temporary cease-fires last year to allow the United Nations to immunize millions of children.
- people: Conceivably, you could immunize people against Alzheimer's disease.
- patient: Schenk summarized the situation, saying the purpose of the drug was to immunize patients against the accumulation of the amyloid plaques.
- year: Simulations suggested that at least 40 % of healthy badgers need to be immunized each year to eradicate TB in the badger.
Preposition: with
- peptide: Antibodies against rabies and HIV were expressed in mice immunized with the antigenic peptides [ 17 ] .
Preposition: against
- virus: Science has eradicated smallpox, can immunize against most previously deadly viruses, can kill most previously deadly bacteria.
- tetanus: All workers should be advised to be immunized against tetanus.
- disease: Half the children would be immunized against the preventable infectious diseases such as measles and polio.
Modifying Another Word
- fully: In the 1970s, only 5 percent of the world's children could expect to be fully immunized.
- successfully: A booster dose in those successfully immunized in the past.
- previously: Previously immunized mares should receive a booster one month before foaling to ensure colostral antibody protection against tetanus in the newborn foal.
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