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Definition of Inoculating

1. Noun. 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"

Definition of Inoculating

1. Verb. (present participle of inoculate) ¹

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Definition of Inoculating

1. inoculate [v] - See also: inoculate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inoculating

Literary usage of Inoculating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1860)
"EXPERIMENTS IN inoculating FOR ... cattle against a farther spread of the pleuro-pneumonia, by inoculating them with the serum pressed out of the lungs. ..."

2. A Manual of Bacteriology for Agricultural and General Science Students by Howard Sprague Reed (1914)
"APPENDIX D THE inoculating CHAMBER In every laboratory where much careful work is to be done an inoculating chamber is necessary. ..."

3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1866)
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE MEDICAL TIMES AND GAZETTE. vented by inoculating an ox or a cow by means of a piece of the lung taken from an animal having died of the ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1779)
"... view to the arguments urged in defence of the plan for inoculating the poor at their own ... en tin Propriety of a Plan for inoculating ibi Poar.tf ..."

5. Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology: An Introduction to by Veranus Alva Moore (1905)
"Read the chapters in one or more text-books on inoculating media or making ... inoculating bouillon. In making this culture, carefully remove the plug from ..."

6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"Bringing: a boy educated in the college of agriculture back to the farm is like inoculating the soil with alfalfa bacteria. He stimulates a healthy, ..."

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