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inoculation

Word definitions for inoculation in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Inoculation (also known as variolation ) is a historical method for the prevention of smallpox by deliberate introduction of material from smallpox pustules into the skin. This generally produced a less severe infection than naturally-acquired smallpox, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio ) "an engrafting, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inoculation \In*oc"u*la"tion\, n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.] The act or art of inoculating trees or plants. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context immunology English) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. 2 (context microbiology English) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium. 3 An inoculum, what ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease [syn: vaccination ]

Usage examples of inoculation.

However, there are good reasons for believing that with the introduction of hardy varieties and through the use of Northern grown seed, an inoculated soil, where inoculation may be necessary, that medium red clover will yet be grown over wide areas in all the provinces of Northwestern Canada, south of and including the Saskatchewan valley.

There was no inoculation to protect her from that or from someone seeing her come through and deciding she was a witch.

Ahrens had suddenly decided Kivrin needed another inoculation or if Dunworthy had raced off to the History Faculty and gotten them to change the rating back to a ten.

She remembered suddenly that her plague inoculation had itched and made a lump under her arm, but Dr.

Gilchrist was in the little waiting room, hale and hearty, wearing an NHS face mask, rolling up his sleeve in preparation for the inoculation a nurse was holding.

It took two weeks for the inoculation to confer full immunity, and seven days before partial.

It was a more severe inoculation than any man would ever get in nature.

The process of introducing them is generally referred to as a process of inoculation, and soils when treated successfully are said to be inoculated.

Because of this, inoculation can only, or at least chiefly, be effected through the use of soils on which that particular class of legumes have grown, or which are possessed of bacteria proper to that particular species.

The relation between abundant manuring and soil inoculation is worthy of more careful study, in the judgment of the author, than has yet been accorded to it.

Overflowing with energy and goodwill, he was ardent for reform of all kinds: smallpox inoculation for the poor, humane care for the insane, reform of the penal code, but especially for the abolition of slavery.

It was there, in Boston, that smallpox inoculation had been introduced in America more than half a century earlier, and by a kinsman of Adams, Dr.

Abigail came word that she and the children, having survived the long ordeal of inoculation in Boston, were at last home again in Braintree.

I have taken the liberty of consulting with Kes and creating an inoculation which should neutralize any gas used against you or Lieutenant Torres.

The Justice Department will be issuing indictments soon for crimes ranging from bringing a wild animal into the country without meeting the proper quarantine and inoculation requirements to endangering an endangered species.