inoculate

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ɪˈnɑːkjuleɪt/

Verb

inoculate (inoculates, present participle inoculating; past and past participle inoculated)

1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
2. (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

3. To add one substance to another; to spike.

   The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.

4. To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]

   to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another

   to inoculate a tree

5. (figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant. [from a. 1600]

   to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity

Translations

• French: inoculer
• German: impfen
• Portuguese: inocular
• Russian: привива́ть
• Spanish: inocular

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