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1. The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
   "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"
   - vaccinating

1. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
   "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
    
2. Introduce a microorganism into
    
3. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
   - immunize, immunise [Brit], vaccinate
    
4. Insert a bud for propagation
    
5. Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

See also: inoculant, inoculation, inoculator

Type of: enclose, impregnate, inclose, inform, inject, insert, introduce, propagate, protection, put in, shoot, stick in

Encyclopedia: Inoculate