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# vaccination

«vaccination» in Mova's school dictionary: **an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a vaccination, vaccinations; uncountable for the process)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vaccination is an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease by teaching your body to fight it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#m1)

2) Vaccination is the act of giving these medicines to people or animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons vaccination explains how the immune system learns to recognise germs safely; it protects you and others around you. Phrases: «have a vaccination», «get vaccinated», «a flu vaccination», «vaccination record».

### examples

- I had my vaccination at the doctor's today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x1)
- Vaccinations help stop diseases like measles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x2)
- Our dog needs a rabies vaccination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x3)
- The school nurse checked our vaccination records. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x4)
- My arm was a bit sore after the vaccination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x5)
- Vaccination protects babies who are too young to be vaccinated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x6)
- Travellers sometimes need vaccinations for other countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/#x7)

### note

Also called a jab (UK) or a shot (US). Verb: vaccinate; noun for the medicine: vaccine. A sore arm or feeling tired for a day is normal. Vaccines contain no live disease that can make you ill in the normal way; they train your body.

### In the corpora

- [Pets need a vet for check-ups, vaccinations and whenever they seem ill, hurt, stop eating or act strangely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/3/)
- [Example: a boy in Ottawa is scared of his vaccination.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/6/)
- [Polio can cause paralysis; vaccination has made it rare, and the wild virus is still found mainly in Pakistan and Afghanistan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/29-vaccinations-and-why/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vaccination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaccination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.