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• 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inoculate — meaning ‘to inject with a vaccine’, is spelt with one n. See also vaccinate …   Modern English usage

• inoculate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Middle English, to insert a bud in a plant, from Latin inoculatus, past participle of inoculare, from in + oculus eye, bud more at eye Date: 1721 1. a. to introduce a microorganism into < inoculate mice …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• inoculate — 1. To introduce the agent of a disease or other antigenic material into the subcutaneous tissue or a blood vessel, or through an abraded or absorbing surface for preventive, curative, or experimental purposes. 2. To implant …   Medical dictionary

• inoculate — [15] Far fetched as the connection may seem, inoculate actually comes ultimately from Latin oculus ‘eye’ (source of English ocular [16] and oculist [17]). By metaphorical extension oculus was applied to the ‘bud’ of a plant (much like the eye of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• inoculate — [15] Far fetched as the connection may seem, inoculate actually comes ultimately from Latin oculus ‘eye’ (source of English ocular [16] and oculist [17]). By metaphorical extension oculus was applied to the ‘bud’ of a plant (much like the eye of… …   Word origins

• inoculate — v.tr. 1 a treat (a person or animal) with a small quantity of the agent of a disease, in the form of vaccine or serum, usu. by injection, to promote immunity against the disease. b implant (a disease) by means of vaccine. 2 instil (a person) with …   Useful english dictionary

• inoculate — inoculative /i nok yeuh lay tiv, yeuh leuh /, adj. inoculator, n. /i nok yeuh layt /, v., inoculated, inoculating. v.t. 1. to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate… …   Universalium

• inoculate — verb a) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake. b) To safeguard or protect something as if by… …   Wiktionary

• inoculate — verb (T) to protect someone against a disease, usually by injecting (inject (1)) them with a weak form of it (+ against): All the children had been inoculated against hepatitis. compare immunize, vaccinate inoculation noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• inoculate — in•oc•u•late [[t]ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) imu to inject or implant (a vaccine, microorganism, antibody, or antigen) into the body in order to protect against, treat, or study a disease 2) imu to affect or treat (a person, animal,… …   From formal English to slang