vacciolate

English

Etymology

Coined in 1802 by Dr. John Walker from vacciolous +‎ -ate

Verb

vacciolate (third-person singular simple present vacciolates, present participle vacciolating, simple past and past participle vacciolated)

1. (archaic) To innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.
   • 1804 December, M. Wigham, “Medical and Physical Intelligence”, in The London Medical and Physical Journal, volume 12, number 70, page 573:

     As the objects of attention had both been vacciolated at the Small-Pox Hospital, a correct copy of the particulars respecting their inoculation was obtained from the register of that Institution, and is given in the Report.

   • 1831, John Epps, The life of John Walker, M. D., page 77:

     May I offer to you my services, in this way : during the infancy of your institution, you cannot do me a greater pleasure than to increase my number of patients ; for, where I now vacciolate tens, I could easily do the same for hundreds.