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inoculable, a.|ɪˈnɒkjʊləb(ə)l|
[ad. L. type *inoculābil-is, f. inoculāre to inoculate: see -able. Cf. F. inoculable (Littré).]
a. Of a person: Capable of being infected with a disease by inoculation.
b. Of a disease: Capable of being communicated or transmitted by inoculation.
c. Of matter or virus: That may inoculate a person or transmit a disease.
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 114/1 The varieties of pus..in the Class (B) differ from those in the Class (A) in being inoculable. 1855Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XVI. ii. 402 The injured or battered ones..are little liable to come in contact with the inoculable matter. 1898P. Manson Trop. Dis. viii. 144 Plague is a specific, inoculable and otherwise communicable disease. |