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- [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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