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inoculability

American  
[i-nahk-yuhl-uh-bil-i-tee] / ɪˌnɑk jəl əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. Immunology. (of a disease agent) ability to be transmitted by inoculation.


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Villemin's observations have been repeatedly confirmed and extended; although subjected to the severest criticism and control, their results are so constant that the law of the inoculability of tubercle is almost universally regarded as fixed.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In answer to the argument from these, it is asserted by Koch and his supporters that "there is no anatomical or morphological characteristic of tubercle," its only sufficient test being its inoculability.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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