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inoculable

[ih-nok-yuh-luh-buh l]
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adjective
  1. capable of being inoculated.
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Origin of inoculable

First recorded in 1840–50; inocul(ate) + -able
Related formsin·oc·u·la·bil·i·ty, nounun·in·oc·u·la·ble, adjective
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Examples from the Web for inoculable

Historical Examples

  • The disease is inoculable and thought to be due to a bacillus.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin

    Henry Weightman Stelwagon

  • They are rapidly destroyed in the circulation, and are not inoculable.

  • Syphilis is a disease that is contagious, inoculable, and transmissible by heredity.

  • Syphilis, therefore, is a markedly contagious and inoculable disease.

    Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922)

    Committee Of The Board Of Health

British Dictionary definitions for inoculable

inoculable

adjective
  1. capable of being inoculated
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Derived Formsinoculability, noun
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inoculable in Medicine

inoculable

(ĭ-nŏk′yə-lə-bəl)
adj.
  1. Transmissible by inoculation.
  2. Susceptible to a disease transmitted by inoculation.
  3. That can be used in an inoculation.
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Related formsin•oc′u•la•bil′i•ty n.
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