Inoculate definition

ĭ-nŏkyə-lāt
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To put or implant microorganisms into (soil, a culture medium, etc.) to develop a culture, stimulate growth, fix nitrogen, etc.
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To introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into the body of a person or animal, especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.
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To implant microorganisms or infectious material into a culture medium.
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The definition of inoculate is to vaccinate someone against a disease.

When you get your dog a rabies shot, this is an example of a situation where you inoculate your dog against rabies.

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To introduce ideas, etc. into the mind of; imbue.
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To inject a serum, vaccine, etc. into (a living organism), esp. in order to create immunity.
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To communicate (a disease) in this way.
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(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
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To add one substance to another; to spike.

The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.

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To graft by inserting buds.

To inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another.

To inoculate a tree.

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(figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.

To inoculate someone with treason or infidelity.

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To introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into (the body of a person or animal), especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.
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To communicate a disease to (a living organism) by transferring its causative agent into the organism.
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To implant microorganisms or infectious material into (a culture medium).
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To safeguard as if by inoculation; protect.
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To introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of.
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To communicate a disease to a living organism by transferring its causative agent into the organism.
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Origin of inoculate

  • Middle English inoculaten to graft a scion from Latin inoculāre inoculāt- in- in in–2 oculus eye, bud okw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inoculātus, perfect passive participle of inoculō (“ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”), from in (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”).

    From Wiktionary

Inoculate Sentence Examples

  • Your G.P. can also inoculate but may take a while to get to get the vaccine in.

  • For years the men of the Left had worked to inoculate the electorate with suspicion of Conservative methods and with hatred of the imposts which they nevertheless knew to be indispensable to sound finance.

  • By using the dowels to inoculate cut logs or stumps, mushroom mycelium can be encouraged to grow throughout or colonize the wood.

  • On the bacterial theory it was thought possible to inoculate a poor tobacco with, say, the special bacteria present in Cuban tobacco, and so give the product the aroma and other good qualities rof the more valuable tobacco.

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