inoculate
11inoculate — 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 …
12inoculate — 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 …
13inoculate — [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… …
14inoculate — [[t]ɪnɒ̱kjʊleɪt[/t]] inoculates, inoculating, inoculated VERB To inoculate a person or animal means to inject a weak form of a disease into their body as a way of protecting them against the disease. [V n] ...a program to inoculate every child in …
15inoculate — [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… …
16inoculate — i|noc|u|late [ıˈnɔkjuleıt US ıˈna: ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of inoculare to attach a bud to a plant , from oculus eye, bud ] to protect someone against a disease by putting a weak form of the disease into their …
17inoculate — in|oc|u|late [ ı nakjə,leıt ] verb transitive to protect someone against a particular disease by INJECTING a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes IMMUNE to it: IMMUNIZE, VACCINATE: inoculate… …
18inoculate — 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… …
19inoculate — 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… …
20inoculate — Synonyms and related words: admit, animate, beat into, brainwash, catechize, condition, ease in, embue, enliven, enter, exhilarate, fire, imbue, immunize, implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infect, infix, inform, infuse,… …
