Crossword clues for inoculating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inoculate \In*oc"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating.] [L. inoculatus, p. p. of inoculare to ingraft; pref. in- in, on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. oculus an eye, also, a bud. See Ocular.]
To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
(Med.) To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.
Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
(Microbiology) To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of inoculate English)
WordNet
n. the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the innoculating" [syn: vaccinating]
Usage examples of "inoculating".
The teams would begin inoculating ethnic Albanian children throughout the province as soon as they arrived.
It is stated that the amount of inoculating material thus obtained is only limited by the quantity of the nutrient water solution used in increasing the germs, so that the cost of inoculating land by this process is not large.
The roots in the Michigan test produced nodules freely and without inoculating the soil by any artificial means.
Dal began filling syringes while Tiger and Jack started inoculating the two groups.