Korean word

예방접종

Pronunciation

Romanizationyebangjeopjjong

Meaning

  • nounvaccination

Example

아이에게 예방접종을 했어요.a i e ge ye bang jeop jjong eul hae sseo yo

The child got a vaccination.

Illustration for 예방접종 (vaccination)

More examples

병원에 전화해서 예방접종을 예약했어요.pyeong wo ne cheon hwa hae seo ye bang jeop jjong eul ye ya kae sseo yo

I called the hospital and made an appointment for a vaccination.

Core concept

Receiving a vaccine according to a health schedule so the body is ready to resist a disease.

Common phrases

  • 예방접종을 받다ye bang jeop jjong eul pat tta

    receive a vaccination

  • 예방접종 기록ye bang jeop jjong ki rok

    immunization record

  • 예방접종을 예약하다ye bang jeop jjong eul ye ya ka da

    book a vaccination

Similar words

접종cheopjjong: A medical procedure puts a vaccine or drug into the body to build immunity.
예방주사yebangjusa: A shot given to prevent disease delivers a vaccine into the body.
백신접종paekssinjeopjjong: Receiving a vaccine creates immunity to a particular disease.

Definition in Korean

보건소나 병원에서 일정에 따라 백신을 맞아 몸의 면역을 준비시키는 예방 조치po geon so na pyeong wo ne seo il jeong e tta ra paek ssi neul ma ja mo mui myeo nyeo geul chun bi si ki neun ye bang cho chi

Word origin

예방접종 (yebangjeopjjong, "vaccination") is formed from the Sino-Korean terms 예방 (yebang, "prevention") and 접종 (jeopjjong, "inoculation"), linking the treatment directly to preventing disease.

Usage tips

  • Korean commonly places the disease name before this word, as in a phrase for a flu vaccination, which makes the health context clear in conversation.

Opposites

  • 미접종자mijeopjjongjaunvaccinated personnoun

Related words

  • 접종하다cheopjjonghadavaccinateverb
  • 예방접종증명서yebangjeopjjongjeungmyeongseoimmunization certificatenoun
  • 접종부작용cheopjjongbujagyongside effect of vaccinationnoun

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