Underimmunization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underimmunization is a noun meaning inadequate immunization.
Meaning
inadequate immunization.
Example Sentences
Vaccine shortages, which occur intermittently, also contribute to underimmunizations or delayed immunizations by missed opportunities.
A strength of this study is that it synthesizes the complexity of the different layers of the influence of gender on immunization in childhood, and it could show that the mechanisms, how gender inequality contributes to underimmunization, are more complex than commonly assumed.
Word Forms
- underimmunizations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include undervaccination, underimmunosuppression, overimmunization, immunoinsufficiency, immunoincompetence, overvaccination.
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