VACCINATED | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of vaccinated in English vaccinatedadjective uk /ˈvæk.sɪ.neɪ.tɪd/ us /ˈvæk.sə.neɪ.t̬ɪd/ Add to word list Add to word list If a person or animal is vaccinated, they have been given a vaccine (= a substance that is put into your body to prevent you from getting a disease or from being badly affected by it): The results showed that regular flu vaccines protect 75 percent to 90 percent of vaccinated adults. Children who are not vaccinated may get measles and respiratory infections.
  • The study found that the vaccinated animals developed fewer metastases in the liver and lung.
  • The illness has been reported in both vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
  • They used electronic health records to compare the incidence of shingles in the vaccinated and unvaccinated populations.
Immunology & vaccination
  • active immunity
  • ANA
  • anti-vax
  • antigenic
  • antinuclear antibody
  • gamma globulin
  • immunize
  • immunochemistry
  • immunocompromised
  • immunodeficiency
  • immunodiagnostic
  • immunogenic
  • immunopathology
  • immunosuppression
  • inoculate
  • reticuloendothelial
  • reticuloendothelial system
  • revaccinate
  • revaccination
  • Salk vaccine
See more results » vaccinatednoun [ plural ] uk /ˈvæk.sɪ.neɪ.tɪd/ us /ˈvæk.sə.neɪ.t̬ɪd/ the vaccinated people or animals who have been vaccinated (= have been given a vaccine to prevent them from getting a disease or from being badly affected by it): The study that showed increased risk among the vaccinated was discredited. Even the vaccinated are advised to take precautions against being bitten by a tick.
  • The results showed 4 infections among the vaccinated, compared with 11 who received the placebo.
  • Of the animals, all of the vaccinated remained well, but 21 of the unvaccinated sheep and the unvaccinated goat died.
  • For elderly residents, expected winter death rates among the vaccinated have fallen by 50 percent or more.
Immunology & vaccination
  • active immunity
  • ANA
  • anti-vax
  • antigenic
  • antinuclear antibody
  • gamma globulin
  • immunize
  • immunochemistry
  • immunocompromised
  • immunodeficiency
  • immunodiagnostic
  • immunogenic
  • immunopathology
  • immunosuppression
  • inoculate
  • reticuloendothelial
  • reticuloendothelial system
  • revaccinate
  • revaccination
  • Salk vaccine
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vaccinated Measles vaccine efficacy during an outbreak in a highly vaccinated population : incremental increase in protection with age at vaccination up to 18 months. From the Cambridge English Corpus This allows the coverage to be estimated from ageserological data if we make a further assumption about the timing and age-range vaccinated. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is increasing evidence that pertussis continues to affect adolescents and young adults who were vaccinated as infants, albeit in a less severe form. From the Cambridge English Corpus In fact, 85 % of the population is effectively vaccinated and will be protected against infection for life. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sera has been systematically collected from mice and rats either harbouring a schistosome infection, or vaccinated with the isolated membrane preparation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of these, all but five (0.6 %) had been vaccinated at least 2 weeks prior to the cruise. From the Cambridge English Corpus Seroprevalence was somewhat lower in the vaccinated age groups, but still sufficient to maintain herd immunity. From the Cambridge English Corpus Whether the frequency of these viruses increased in our vaccinated study population cannot be determined, nor can their effect on vaccine efficacy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Four infants whose vaccination had not been completed at the time of pertussis were vaccinated shortly thereafter. From the Cambridge English Corpus Among vaccinated groups, the loss rate was 18.8 %, which was significantly higher than 13.8 % of the mixture of natural and vaccine-induced immunity groups. From the Cambridge English Corpus These findings may have important implications for influenza vaccination policies and encourage long-term survey of annually vaccinated individuals. From the Cambridge English Corpus This indicates that all factors besides these influenced the number of days in hospital for vaccinated persons compared with unvaccinated. From the Cambridge English Corpus The vaccinated cohort had a significantly higher frequency of chronic lung and myocardial diseases, as well as other chronic diseases, than the unvaccinated cohort. From the Cambridge English Corpus We could not clearly pinpoint the cause of the outbreak and cannot anticipate how often outbreaks will occur among the vaccinated population. From the Cambridge English Corpus For reasons discussed above, reliable comparison of the tick populations on control and vaccinated cattle under comparable conditions was impossible to achieve in all cases. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of vaccinated?

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