bólusetja

Icelandic

Etymology

From bóla (“smallpox”) +‎ setja (“to place”), as the first vaccinations inoculated people against smallpox.

Verb

bólusetja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bólusetti, supine bólusett)

  1. (immunology) to vaccinate

Derived terms

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