inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuh n] /ɪˌnɒk yəˈleɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act or process of inoculating.
2.
an instance of inoculating.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin inoculātiōn- (stem of inoculātiō) an engrafting. See inoculate, -ion
Related forms
noninoculation, noun
postinoculation, adjective
reinoculation, noun
self-inoculation, noun
Examples from the web for inoculation
  • Another case of illness following inoculation with typhoid fever vaccine became known yesterday.
  • Animal-welfare groups argue that a better way to prevent rabies would be to enforce inoculation of animals against the disease.
  • One of the myths about inoculation was that it did not produce a true smallpox in the patient but a spurious case of chicken pox.
  • For some older firms and even some newcomers, these deals proved the perfect inoculation against an indifferent stock market.
  • The concept has applications for dealing with political propaganda and is known as inoculation theory.
  • It is put on the inoculation lance which is used to make long, shallow cuts on the belly of a calf.
  • After the inoculation of tuberculous patients the temperature would rise in from two to twenty-eight hours.
  • The exhibit is used as an inoculation against the virus.
  • Anonymous serves as an inoculation to their tactics.
  • We are piqued with pure descent, but nature loves inoculation.
Word Origin and History for inoculation
n.

mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio) "an engrafting, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate).

inoculation in Medicine

inoculation in·oc·u·la·tion (ĭ-nŏk'yə-lā'shən)
n.
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.

inoculation in Science
inoculation
  (ĭ-nŏk'yə-lā'shən)   

  1. The introduction of a serum, a vaccine, or an antigenic substance into the body of a person or an animal, especially as a means to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.

  2. The introduction of a microorganism or an agent of disease into an host organism or a growth medium.


inoculate verb
inoculation in Culture
inoculation [(i-nok-yuh-lay-shuhn)]

The introduction of an antigen into the body, usually by injection, in order to stimulate the production of antibodies to produce immunity to an infectious disease. (See immunization.)

Encyclopedia Article for inoculation

process of producing immunity and method of vaccination that consists of introduction of the infectious agent onto an abraded or absorptive skin surface instead of inserting the substance in the tissues by means of a hollow needle, as in injection. Of the common vaccines, only smallpox vaccine is routinely inoculated. The term inoculation is also commonly used more broadly to mean any introduction of antigenic substances into the tissues. See also immunization; vaccine.

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