inoculation
[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuh n]
- the act or process of inoculating.
- an instance of inoculating.
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Origin of inoculation
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Examples from the Web for inoculation
Contemporary Examples
Shouting now is also an inoculation against embarrassment later.
Instead, Kennedy took the punch-line for himself and applied the loud laughs he earned as an inoculation against a poisonous idea.
Historical Examples
The Queen was at La Muette for the inoculation of her daughter.
It was late when we arrived, and we spent a restless night, for the inoculation "took."
The Silent BulletArthur B. Reeve
He also raised the temperature of guinea-pigs after inoculation, and saved them.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
There was no single escape from death after inoculation by this deadly contagium.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
There was a doctor in Boston started this inoculation business for the smallpox.
Ben ComeeM. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
Word Origin and History for inoculation
n.
mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio) "an engrafting, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
inoculation
(ĭ-nŏk′yə-lā′shən)- The act or an instance of inoculating, especially the introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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inoculation
[ĭ-nŏk′yə-lā′shən]
- The introduction of a serum, a vaccine, or an antigenic substance into the body of a person or an animal, especially as a means to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.
- The introduction of a microorganism or an agent of disease into an host organism or a growth medium.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
inoculation
[(i-nok-yuh-lay-shuhn)]
The introduction of an antigen into the body, usually by injection, in order to stimulate the production of antibodies to produce immunity to an infectious disease. (See immunization.)
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.