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Innoculate (verb)
alternative spelling of inoculate
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Inoculate (verb)
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. from c. 1722
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Inoculate (verb)
To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
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Inoculate (verb)
To add one substance to another; to spike.
“The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.”
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Inoculate (verb)
To graft by inserting buds. from c. 1420
“to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another”
“to inoculate a tree”
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Inoculate (verb)
To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant. from a. 1600
“to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity”
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Inoculate (verb)
treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate
“he inoculated his tenants against smallpox”
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Inoculate (verb)
introduce (an infective agent) into an organism
“the microorganism can be inoculated into laboratory animals”
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Inoculate (verb)
introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium
“0.5 ml of the specimen was inoculated into each tissue culture flask”