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What is the definition or description of: immunization?
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Build immunity: The body is artificially exposed to a dead or weakened organism of a type able to cause disease. The body fights the organism and learns to protect itself, so disease will not develop if the virulent, wild-type organism is met.
Answered 1/3/2014
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