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Inoculation

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Noun

1. inoculation, vaccination

taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Inoculation

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noun
the act or process of inoculating
; esp.,
a. 
the injection of a disease agent into an animal or plant, usually to cause a mild form of the disease and build up immunity to it
b. 
the putting of bacteria, serum, etc. into soil, a culture medium, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Inoculation

see synonyms of inoculation
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.

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