'Inoculation' definitions:
Definition of 'inoculation'
From: WordNet
noun
Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: inoculation, vaccination]
Definition of 'Inoculation'
From: GCIDE
- Inoculation \In*oc"u*la"tion\, n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.]
- 1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually for the purpose of inducing immunity to the disease. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Note: The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur. The organisms inoculated are usually an attentuated form of the disease-causing organism, which may multiply harmlessly in the body of the host, but induce immunity to the more virulent forms of the organism. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Microbiology) The introduction of microorganisms into a growth medium, to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'inoculation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorption and regurgitation,
- antitoxin,
- bang,
- booster,
- booster shot,
- brainwashing,
- catechization,
- conditioning,
- dictation,
- embedment,
- entrance,
- fix,
- graft,
- grafting,
- hit,
- hypodermic,
- hypodermic injection,
- imbuement,
- impaction,
- impactment,
- implantation,
- impregnation,
- impression,
- inculcation,
- indoctrination,
- infixation,
- infixion,
- infusion,
- injection,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- instillation,
- instillment,
- interjection,
- interpolation,
- introduction,
- intromission,
- jet injection,
- mainlining,
- narcotic injection,
- penetration,
- perfusion,
- reindoctrination,
- shooting up,
- shot,
- skin-popping,
- tessellation,
- transplant,
- transplantation,
- vaccination,
- vaccine