to introduce a disease-causing organism into the body of (somebody) in order to induce immunity; to vaccinate (somebody)
to introduce a micro-organism into (an animal) for testing purposes
The experiment involves inoculating mice with anthrax
to introduce (e.g. a micro-organism) into a culture, animal, etc
to introduce something into the mind of (somebody)
inoculable adj
inoculation /-ʹlaysh(ə)n/ noun
inoculative /-lətiv/ adj
inoculator noun
[Middle English inoculaten to insert a bud in a plant, from Latin inoculatus, past part. of inoculare to graft on, from in-2 + oculus eye, bud]