Medication vs. Vaccination

Medicationnoun

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Medicationnoun

The administration of medicine.

Medication

The act or process of medicating.

Medicationnoun

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Medicationnoun

the act of treating with medicines or remedies

Medicationnoun

a drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease

Medicationnoun

treatment using drugs

Medication

A medication (also referred to as medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management.

Vaccinationnoun

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Vaccinationnoun

The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.

Vaccinationnoun

Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease.

Vaccinationnoun

taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Vaccinationnoun

the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine

Vaccinationnoun

treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculation

Vaccination

Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism.