inoculation
the act or process of inoculating.
an instance of inoculating.
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Origin of inoculation
1Other words from inoculation
- non·in·oc·u·la·tion, noun
- post·in·oc·u·la·tion, adjective
- re·in·oc·u·la·tion, noun
- self-in·oc·u·la·tion, noun
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How to use inoculation in a sentence
Imperial College London is also working on an experimental inoculation.
To jumpstart the COVID vaccine race, the U.K. considers ‘challenge trials’ exposing people to the virus | Bernhard Warner | September 24, 2020 | FortuneAnd, as newsreels of the day made clear, they’d all been early test subjects for the inoculation.
Here’s What Happens When You Try to Scale Up Vaccine Production Too Quickly | Fiona Zublin | September 18, 2020 | OzyHe argues that the Stat scoop also underscores the importance of the press in serving as an additional check on the vaccine race, especially as inoculations are developed and tested in countries with little government transparency or accountability.
Scientists see an upside to AstraZeneca halting its COVID-19 vaccine trial | Grady McGregor | September 9, 2020 | FortuneYin said the distribution of the vaccine to Sinovac workers and their families occurred under China’s emergency-use vaccine program, a government policy that allows specific populations of people to receive unproven inoculations.
A Chinese vaccine maker is injecting employees and their families with its COVID-19 candidate | Grady McGregor | September 7, 2020 | FortuneSome rare adverse reactions to the inoculations may only show up once the vaccines have been studied in a large, diverse population.
Trump wants a COVID-19 vaccine by Election Day. But will one be ready? | Jeremy Kahn | September 4, 2020 | Fortune
Romney says this policy is aimed at helping middle-income Americans, but there is clearly an element of self-inoculation here.
Can Careful Mitt Romney Go Bold on Taxes at the CNN Debate? | Peter J. Boyer | February 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShouting now is also an inoculation against embarrassment later.
Adventures with an Extreme Polyglot: Excerpt from 'Babel No More' | Michael Erard | January 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, Kennedy took the punch-line for himself and applied the loud laughs he earned as an inoculation against a poisonous idea.
Tubercle bacilli are nearly always present, although animal inoculation may be necessary to detect them.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt has been shown that the quantity of opsonins in the blood can be greatly increased by inoculation with dead bacteria.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddBritish house of commons voted Dr. Jenner 10,000 for his discovery of the vaccine inoculation.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellProbably the general introduction of inoculation first occasioned the discovery.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward JennerIn some other points of view, the inoculation of this disease appears preferable to the variolous inoculation.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward Jenner
Scientific definitions for inoculation
[ ĭ-nŏk′yə-lā′shən ]
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.
The introduction of a microorganism or an agent of disease into an host organism or a growth medium.
Other words from inoculation
- inoculate verb
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Cultural definitions for 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.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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