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vaccinate

> vaccinate
vaccinate is liable to be misspelt. Note the double c and single n. The word means "to inject a vaccine into to prevent a particular disease", as in "vaccinate the children against tuberculosis". Vaccine refers to "a substance that is injected into the bloodstream and protects the body against a disease by making it have a mild form of the disease", as in "a vaccine against smallpox".

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