inoculum
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
inoculum (countable and uncountable, plural inoculums or inocula)
- The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
- Synonym: inoculate (noun)
- 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82:
- Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.
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Translations[edit]
material used in an inoculation
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