vaccinator
(ˈvæksɪneɪtə(r))
[f. vaccinate v. Cf. F. vaccinateur, It. vaccinatore, Pg. vaccinador, Sp. vacunador.]
1. One who performs, practises, or advocates vaccination.
| 1808 Reece Med. Dict. s.v. Cow-pox, How the vaccinators account for this, I am at a loss to conjecture. 1863 Times 25 Apr., Many public vaccinators, it is said, are wholly incompetent to perform their duty. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 590 In another case the vaccinator..died of erysipelas. |
2. An instrument used in performing vaccination.
| 1875 in Knight Dict. Mech. 2686/1. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 633 Cases of..septic infection have been known to follow the use of some mechanical vaccinator. |
| Comb. 1885 Harries tr. Warlomont's Anim. Vaccination 124 [An] apparatus which we have called the vaccinator-trephine. |