IMMUNIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunize mean? 

• IMMUNIZE (verb)
  The verb IMMUNIZE has 2 senses:

1. law: grant immunity from prosecution

2. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

  Familiarity information: IMMUNIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they immunize    ... he / she / it immunizes   
Past simple: immunized   
Past participle: immunized   
-ing form: immunizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Law: grant immunity from prosecution

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

immunise; immunize

Hypernyms (to "immunize" is one way to...):

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate

Context example:

The nurse vaccinated the children in the school

Hypernyms (to "immunize" is one way to...):

inject; shoot (give an injection to)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

immunization (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

 Context examples 

We have enough vaccines to immunize those who need it, and for those who don't, please don't use it, save it for the target population, she advised.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)

A recombinant fusion protein consisting of de-immunized and humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody Leu16 fused to human cytokine interleukin-2 (IL2) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(DI-Leu16-IL2 Immunocytokine, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine consisting of inactivated poliovirus (IPV) types 1,2 and 3, with active immunizing activity against poliomyelitis.

(Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Transfer of immunity from immunized to non-immune host by administration of serum antibodies, or transplantation of lymphocytes (ADOPTIVE TRANSFER).

(Passive Immunization, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is obtained from an animal that has been immunized either by antigen injection or infection with microorganisms containing the antigen.

(Antiserum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Immunized T-lymphocytes which can directly destroy appropriate target cells.

(Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

All unvaccinated animals and those immunized via ID or AE routes showed signs of significantly greater infection.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

Babies and preschoolers were routinely immunized until 2008.

(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)

Antigenic peptides derived from MART-1 are recognized by CD8+ T lymphocytes and have been used to immunize patients with advanced melanomas; prolonged immunization may result in a reduction in tumor size.

(MART-1 Fowlpox Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This specific HMFG epitope is identified by mAb BrE1, which was used as the immunizing antibody, or Ab1 to generate the anti-Id (Ab2) 11D10.

(Monoclonal Antibody 11D10, NCI Thesaurus)