in·oc·u·la·tion

(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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in•oc•u•la•tion

(ɪˌnɒk yəˈleɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act or process of inoculating.

2. an instance of inoculating.

3. inoculum.

[1400–50; Middle English < Latin]

in·oc·u·la·tion

(ĭ-nŏk′yə-lā′shən)

1. The production of immunity in an individual through injection with a vaccine.

2. An injection of a specific vaccine.

inoculate verb

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

inoculation - taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

vaccination

immunisation, immunization - the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)

inoculation

noun injection, shot (informal), jab (informal), vaccination, dose, vaccine, booster, immunization An inoculation against cholera is recommended.

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Translations

تَلْقيح، تَطْعيم

očkování

vaccination

Impfung

inoculation vaccination

beoltás

bólusetning

inoculation

[ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən] N → inoculación f

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inoculation

[ɪnˌɒkjuˈleɪʃ^ən] n → inoculation f

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inoculation

n → Impfung f; to give somebody an inoculation (against smallpox) → jdn (gegen Pocken) impfen

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inoculation

[ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃ/ən] n → inoculazione f

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inoculate

(iˈnokjuleit) verb

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?

iˌnocuˈlation noun

in·oc·u·la·tion

n. inoculación, vacunación, inmunización, acción de administrar sueros, vacunas u otras sustancias para producir o incrementar inmunidad a una enfermedad determinada.

inoculation

n inoculación f

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I will procure a consultation of physicians, and see whether this wondrous inoculation may not stay the progress of the destroyer."

The oldest doctor in town contented himself with remarking that no such thing as inoculation was mentioned by Galen or Hippocrates; and it was impossible that modern physicians should be wiser than those old sages.

So furious, however, were the people, that they threatened vengeance against any person who should dare to practise inoculation, though it were only in his own family.

In after years, when inoculation was universally practised, and thousands were saved from death by it, the people remembered old Cotton Mather, then sleeping in his grave.

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Horses, rabbits, rats, donkeys, monkeys, mice, and dogs-- heavens, they have tried it on them all, tens of thousands of times and a hundred thousand times ten thousand times, and never a successful inoculation! They have never succeeded in inoculating it on one man from another.

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Morison saw a ray of hope in this indication of future immunity through inoculation. He still worked weakly at his bonds, and then the rats came.

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The physiology, the chemical rhythm of the creature, may also be made to undergo an enduring modification,--of which vaccination and other methods of inoculation with living or dead matter are examples that will, no doubt, be familiar to you.

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Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation.

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He had scarcely retained his wits at all, so maddened was he by the tremendous inoculation of poison he had received.

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The course of the disease under natural conditions or following oral inoculation ranges from 7 to 15 days (Cheema et al., 1989).

Short Communication - Pathology of Experimentally Induced Hydropericardium Syndrome in Ostrich

They flew a Mi-17 V5 helicopter for a Battle Inoculation Training mission.

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