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Definition of Inoculate

Inoculate
Inoculate In*oc"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating,.] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in,on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See Ocular.] 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree. 3. (Med.) 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. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
Inoculate
Inoculate In*oc"u*late, v. i. 1. To graft by inserting buds. 2. To communicate disease by inoculation.

Meaning of Inoculate from wikipedia

- Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen or other microbe or virus into a person or other organism. It is a method of artificially inducing immunity...
- An inoculation loop (also called a smear loop, inoculation wand or microstreaker) is a simple tool used mainly by microbiologists to pick up and transfer...
- Inoculation theory is a social psychological/communication theory that explains how an attitude or belief can be made resistant to persuasion or influence...
- An inoculation needle is a laboratory equipment used in the field of microbiology to transfer and inoculate living microorganisms.[full citation needed]...
- Primary inoculation tuberculosis is a skin condition that develops at the site of inoculation of tubercle bacilli into a tuberculosis-free individual...
- Norfolk Anti-Inoculation Riot on June 27, 1768 was part of a series of riots across the English Colonies in the New World surrounding inoculation against smallpox...
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- thereafter. Benjamin Franklin, who had been inoculated earlier in his own life, had intended for his son to be inoculated as well. However, due to an illness...
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- The malaria therapy (or malaria inoculation, and sometimes malariotherapy) is an archaic medical procedure of treating diseases using artificial injection...