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Answer for the clue "The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity ", 11 letters:
vaccinating

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Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaccinated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating .] [See Vaccine .] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating" [syn: inoculating ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of vaccinate English)