vaccinable
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
vaccinable (comparative more vaccinable, superlative most vaccinable)
- (medicine) Able to be vaccinated against
- 1996, Mark Nichter, “Vaccinations in the Third World”, in Anthropology and International Health: Asian Case Studies, page 333:
- The balance of resources expended to keep children under five safe from vaccinable diseases is questioned, given the meager resources expended to improve the quality of life for child survivors.
- (medicine) Able to be successfully vaccinated
- 1982, China Now[1], page 11:
- Within a few years we had practically vaccinated the vaccinable population.
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vaccinable (plural vaccinables)
Further reading edit
- “vaccinable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.