inoculate

English

Etymology

From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inoculātus, perfect passive participle of inoculō (“ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”), from in (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”).

Verb

inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated)

1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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.

Related terms

• inoculant
• inoculation
• inoculative
• inoculator
• inoculum

See also

• immunize / immunise
• vaccinate

Translations

To provide immunity

Dutch: inenten (nl) Esperanto: inokuli (eo)

Spanish: inocular (es)

To add one substance to another

Dutch: inoculeren (nl), enten (nl)

External links

• inoculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• inoculate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

inoculate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inoculare
2. second-person plural imperative of inoculare
3. Feminine plural of inoculato

Anagrams

• cautelino

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Latin

Verb

inoculāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of inoculō