Underimmunize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underimmunize is a verb meaning To provide with inadequate immunization.
Meaning
To provide with inadequate immunization.
Example Sentences
There is a tendency to underimmunize children.
It is up to the caregiver to decide, but it is better to overimmunize a child than to underimmunize.
Those who tend, from ignorance, to underimmunize would readily follow such schedules; those who tend to overimmunize would quickly adopt proper standards, lest medical and lay persons criticize them.
Word Forms
- underimmunizes
- underimmunizing
- underimmunized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underimmunise, overimmunize, hyperimmunize, hyperimmunise, immunocompromise, coimmunize.
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