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1. (v.t.) inoculate
to inject or implant (a vaccine, microorganism, antibody, or antigen) into the body in order to protect against, treat, or study a disease.
2. inoculate
to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner.
3. inoculate
to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium.
4. inoculate
to imbue (a person), as with ideas; indoctrinate.
5. (v.i.) inoculate
to perform inoculation.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L inoculāre to graft by budding implant =in&hyphnb;in&hyphnb;2+&hyphnb;oculāre to graft, der. of oculus eye, bud)
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| Definition of 'inoculate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) inoculate
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
"My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
2. (verb) inoculate
introduce a microorganism into
3. (verb) immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
4. (verb) inoculate
insert a bud for propagation
5. (verb) inoculate
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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| Definition of 'inoculate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) inoculate
to bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant
2. (verb) inoculate
to insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree
3. (verb) inoculate
to communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate
4. (verb) inoculate
fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity
5. (verb) inoculate
to graft by inserting buds
6. (verb) inoculate
to communicate disease by inoculation
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Sense: to give (a person etc) a mild form of a disease, usually by injecting germs into his body, so as to prevent him from catching a more serious form
Has he been inoculated against diphtheria?
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 Afrikaans: ent |
 Arabic: يُلَقِّح، يُطَعِّم |
 Bulgarian: ваксинирам |
 Brazilian: inocular |
 Czech: očkovat |
 German: impfen |
 Danish: vaccinere |
 Greek: εμβολιάζω |
 Spanish: inocular, vacunar |
 Estonian: kaitsepookima |
 Farsi: مایه کوبی کردن؛ تلقیح کرد |
 Finnish: rokottaa |
 French: vacciner (contre) |
 Hebrew: לְחָסֵן |
 Hindi: टीका लगाना |
 Croatian: cijepiti |
 Hungarian: beolt |
 Indonesian: memberi vaksinasi |
 Icelandic: bólusetja |
 Italian: vaccinare |
 Japanese: 予防接種する |
 Korean: 예방 접종하다 |
 Lithuanian: skiepyti |
 Latvian: potēt |
 Malay: menginokulasi |
 Dutch: inenten |
 Norwegian: vaksinere |
 Polish: szczepić |
 Persian: مایه کوبی کردن؛ تلقیح کرد |
 Pashto: ستنيى وهل |
 Portuguese: vacinar |
 Romanian: a vaccina |
 Russian: делать прививку |
 Slovak: očkovať |
 Slovenian: cepiti |
 Serbian: vakcinisati |
 Swedish: [skydds]ympa, vaccinera |
 Thai: ฉีด (วัคซีน) |
 Turkish: aşı yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 打預防針 |
 Ukrainian: робити запобіжне щеплення |
 Urdu: بیماری سے بچاؤ کا ٹیکہ لگ |
 Vietnamese: tiêm chủng |
 Chinese: 给...作预防注射 |
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