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inoculating
in·oc·u·late I0154600 (ĭ-nŏk′yə-lāt′)tr.v. in·oc·u·lat·ed, in·oc·u·lat·ing, in·oc·u·lates 1. To introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into (the body of a person or animal), especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.2. To communicate a disease to (a living organism) by transferring its causative agent into the organism.3. To implant microorganisms or infectious material into (a culture medium).4. To safeguard as if by inoculation; protect: "A lapsed idealist, [she] has been inoculated against life's disappointments by her own skepticism" (John Lahr).5. To introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of: "Young people ... are inoculated with the fervor, and are heard about the streets, singing the temperance songs" (Walt Whitman).
[Middle English inoculaten, to graft a scion, from Latin inoculāre, inoculāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + oculus, eye, bud; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
in·oc′u·la′tive adj.in·oc′u·la′tor n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  inoculating - the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"vaccinatingprotection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"ring vaccination - administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunizationvariolation, variolization - the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox |
IdiomsSeeinoculateinoculating
Synonyms for inoculatingnoun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunitySynonymsRelated Words- protection
- ring vaccination
- variolation
- variolization
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