nnoun.actthe act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunitySynset:inoculating
Examples:- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
Derivationally Related Form:inoculatevaccinate
Hypernyms:protection
Inherited Hypernyms:inoculatingprotectionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ring vaccinationvariolationvariolization
Full Hyponyms:ring vaccinationvariolation
vverb.bodyperform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculationTopic:medicinepractice of medicine
Synset:immunise immunize inoculate vaccinate
Examples:- We vaccinate against scarlet fever
- The nurse vaccinated the children in the school
Derivationally Related Form:vaccinevaccinatorvaccinationvaccinatingimmunizationinoculatinginoculationinoculantinoculator
Hypernyms:inject shoot
Inherited Hypernyms:immunizeinjectadministertreat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s