inoculable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of inoculable
First recorded in 1840–50; inocul(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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Syphilis is a disease that is contagious, inoculable, and transmissible by heredity.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
Syphilis, therefore, is a markedly contagious and inoculable disease.
From Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
Further, the disease produced by inoculation of the filtrate was itself inoculable and could be transmitted from animal to animal.
From Disease and Its Causes by William Thomas Councilman
When the disturbance produced by nosocomial malaria is not at an early stage arrested by change of locality, the secretions of patients affected become inoculable.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The disease is therefore inoculable rather than contagious.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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