[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inoculate \inoc"ulate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. inoculated; p.
   pr.  vb. n. inoculating. l. inoculatus, p. p. of
   inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in, on + oculare to furnish
   with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. see ocular.
   1. to bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant
      in another tree or plant.
      1913 webster

   2. to insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
      1913 webster

   3. med. to communicate a disease to a person by inserting
      infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a
      means of inducing immunological resistance to that or
      related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus
      of smallpox, rabies, etc. see vaccinate.
      1913 webster +pjc

   4. fig.: to introduce into the mind; -- used especially of
      harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate
      one with treason or infidelity.
      1913 webster

   5. microbiology to introduce microorganisms into a growth
      medium, to cause the growth and multiplication of the
      microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with
      an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.
      pjc
see also:
inoculated inoculating ocular vaccinate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

inoculating
     n : the act of protecting against disease by introducing a
         vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors
         examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating"
         syn: vaccinating
see also:
vaccinating 

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