immuniseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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immunise (third-person singular simple present immunises, present participle immunising, simple past and past participle immunised)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of immunize.
   • 1909 January, Arnold Theiler, “The Immunity of Mules Against Horse-Sickness.”, in Transvaal Agricultural Journal, volume VII, number 26, pages 178–182:

     In order to settle the point whether an animal that had been immunised on this station would contract horse-sickness when subjected to either of the two vira, the following experiments were made:— […]

   • 1978, G. J. Ebrahim, Practical Mother and Child Health in Developing Countries (Macmillan Tropical Community Health Manuals), revised edition, London: The Macmillan Press, →ISBN; ELBS edition, London: English Language Book Society and Macmillan Education, 1980 (1982 printing), →ISBN, page 56:

     The larger the number of immunised people in the community the less easy is the spread of disease from one person to another. […] For the purpose of creating ‘herd immunity’, as this process is sometimes called, it is necessary to achieve 80 per cent immunisation of the community.

   • 2018 February 22, Suzanne Moore, “I understand the fears. But vaccinating children should be compulsory”, in The Guardian‎:

     There are a number of factors involved, but doctors are worried about the influence of anti-vax campaigns – not only when it comes to the MMR vaccine, which immunises against mumps, measles and rubella, but also for newer vaccines against meningitis, and the HPV vaccine, which is given to girls at 12 or 13, and which prevents the spread of the virus linked to 99.7% of cervical cancers.

   • 2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 63:

     Planning the resignalling element was problematic because immunising the new colour-light signals for an electric railway was costly and unnecessary if electrification was not approved.

   • 2021 March, Orit Badouk Epstein, “I don’t have COVID, she has it”, in ESTD Newsletter, volume 11, European Society for Trauma and Dissociation, page 6:

     Since the beginning of the pandemic Sara has allied herself with “Conspiritualism”, claiming that this virus is a hoax; that the evil left is trying to trap us with a toxifying vaccine; and that meditation, taking natural remedies and vitamins are sufficient to immunise our bodies so that they can fight back any virus.

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