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inoculate
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in·oc·u·late  (-nky-lt)
tr.v. in·oc·u·lat·ed, in·oc·u·lat·ing, in·oc·u·lates
1. 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.
2. To communicate a disease to (a living organism) by transferring its causative agent into the organism.
3. To implant microorganisms or infectious material into (a culture medium).
4. To safeguard as if by inoculation; protect.
5. To introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of.

[Middle English inoculaten, to graft a scion, from Latin inoculre, inocult- : in-, in; see in-2 + oculus, eye, bud; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

in·ocu·lative adj.
in·ocu·lator n.

inoculate [ɪˈnɒkjʊˌleɪt]
vb
1. (Medicine) to introduce (the causative agent of a disease) into the body of (a person or animal), in order to induce immunity
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) (tr) to introduce (microorganisms, esp bacteria) into (a culture medium)
3. (tr) to cause to be influenced or imbued, as with ideas or opinions
[from Latin inoculāre to implant, from in-2 + oculus eye, bud]
inoculation  n
inoculative  adj
inoculator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.inoculate - introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
2.inoculate - introduce a microorganism into
put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
seed - inoculate with microorganisms
3.inoculateinoculate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
inject, shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
4.inoculate - insert a bud for propagation
propagate - cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
5.inoculate - impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
impregnate - fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
Translations
inoculate [ɪˈnɒkjʊleɪt] VT [+ person, animal] → vacunar
to inoculate sb against sthvacunar a algn contra algo
to inoculate sb with sthinocular algo a algn

inoculate [ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt] vt
to inoculate sb against sth → vacciner qn contre qch
to inoculate sb with sth → inoculer qch à qn

inoculate
vt personimpfen (against gegen); to inoculate somebody with a virusjdm einen Virus einimpfen

inoculate [ɪˈnɒkjʊˌleɪt] vt to inoculate sb with sthinoculare qn con qc
to inoculate sb against sth → vaccinare qn contro qc
inoculate [ɪˈnɒkjʊˌleɪt] vt to inoculate sb with sthinoculare qn con qc
to inoculate sb against sth → vaccinare qn contro qc

inoculate
v inoculate [iˈnokjuleit]
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? ent يُلَقِّح، يُطَعِّم ваксинирам očkovat vaccinere impfen εμβολιάζω inocular, vacunar kaitsepookima مایه کوبی کردن؛ تلقیح کردن rokottaa vacciner (contre) לְחָסֵן टीका लगाना cijepiti beolt memberi vaksinasi bólusetja vaccinare 予防接種する 예방 접종하다 skiepyti potēt menginokulasi inenten vaksinere szczepić vacinar a vaccina делать прививку očkovať cepiti vakcinisati []ympa, vaccinera ฉีด (วัคซีน) aşı yapmak 打預防針 робити запобіжне щеплення بیماری سے بچاؤ کا ٹیکہ لگانا tiêm chủng ...
n iˌnocuˈlation
inenting تَلْقيح، تَطْعيم ваксинация očkování vaccination die Impfung εμβολιασμός vacuna kaitsepookimine تلقیح rokotus vaccination, inoculation חִיסוּן टीका cijepljenje (be)oltás vaksinasi bólusetning vaccinazione 予防接種 예방 접종 skiepijimas potēšana inokulasi inenting vaksinasjon, vaksinering szczepienie vacina vaccinare; inoculare прививка očkovanie cepljenje vakcinacija []ympning, vaccinering ปลูกฝี; การฉีดวัคซีน aşı 預防接種 щеплення ٹیکہ لگانا sự tiêm chủng


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