See Also: function 1, noun(dictionary)
booster(dictionary)
booster(dictionary)
booster seat(dictionary)
booster response(medicine)
booster dose(medicine)
Booster shot(health)
Car booster seat(health)
Booster Seat - Motor Sports(gambling)
Brake Booster - Motor Sports(gambling)

Booster shot (health) and function 1, noun (oh)


Booster shot (health)


"An additional dose of a vaccine needed periodically to ""boost"" the immune system. For example, a booster shot of the tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine is recommended for adults every 10 years."





function 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: functio, from fungi 'to perform']
[U and C] the purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something does
perform/fulfil a function
::In your new job you will perform a variety of functions.
::The church fulfils a valuable social function.
::The nervous system regulates our bodily functions (=eating, breathing, going to the toilet etc) .
::Bauhaus architects thought that function was more important than form.
[C] a large party or official event
::This room may be hired for Weddings and Other functions.
[C usually singular] technical a quantity or quality whose value changes according to another quantity or quality that is related to it
::The degree of drought is largely a function of temperature and drainage.
[C] one of the basic operations performed by a computer