About The Word Inoculation
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Inoculation
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What's The Definition Of Inoculation?
[n] taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inoculation: vaccination Related Terms | Find terms related to Inoculation: absorption and regurgitation | antitoxin | bang | booster | booster shot | brainwashing | catechization | conditioning | dictation | embedment | entrance | fix | graft | grafting | hit | hypodermic | hypodermic injection | imbuement | impaction | impactment | implantation | impregnation | impression | inculcation | indoctrination | infixation | infixion | infusion | injection | insertion | insinuation | instillation | instillment | interjection | interpolation | introduction | intromission | jet injection | mainlining | narcotic injection | penetration | perfusion | reindoctrination | shooting up | shot | skin-popping | tessellation | transplant | transplantation | vaccination | vaccine See Also | immunisation | immunization Inoculation In Webster's Dictionary \In*oc"u*la"tion\, n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F.
inoculation.]
1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a
person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his
skin or flesh.
Note: The use was formerly limited to the intentional
communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to
include any similar introduction of modified virus; as,
the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur.
3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false
principles, to the mind.
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