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inoculate
Found in thesaurus: inform, put in, enclose, inclose, introduce, insert, stick in, inject, shoot, propagate, impregnate
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inoculate
v.
introduce a virus or microorganism into a person or animal to create immunity to a disease, immunize; introduce microorganisms into a culture medium; instill or implant beliefs or ideas
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Inoculation
Inoculation (also known as variolation) was a historical method for the prevention of smallpox by deliberate introduction into the skin of material from smallpox pustules. This generally produced a less severe infection than naturally-acquired smallpox, but still induced immunity to it. The term entered medical English through horticultural usage meaning to graft a bud (or eye) from one plant into another. It is derived from the Latin in + oculus (eye). Though innoculation/innoculate is sometimes seen, this is incorrect, possibly erroneously thought to be related to innocuous, which is derived from the Latin in + nocuus (not harmful).
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inoculate
Verb
1. introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
(hypernym) inform
2. introduce a micro-organism into
(hypernym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(hyponym) seed
3. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
(synonym) immunize, immunise, vaccinate
(hypernym) inject, shoot
(derivation) inoculation, vaccination
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
4. insert a bud for propagation
(hypernym) propagate
5. impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
(hypernym) impregnate
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inoculare
v.
inoculate, introduce a virus or microorganism into a person or animal to create immunity to a disease
inoculato
adj.
inoculated, having been injected with a microorganism or virus
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inoculate
v.
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