Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - immunize

(immunizes, immunizing, immunized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'immunise' If people or animals are immunized, they are made immune to a particular disease, often by being given an injection. We should require that every student is immunized against hepatitis B... The monkeys had been immunized with a vaccine made from infected cells... All parents should have their children immunized. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed against n, be V-ed, have n V-ed • immunization (immunizations) ...universal immunization against childhood diseases... N-VAR