Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - inoculate
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Inoculate
inoculate
transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Middle English, to insert a bud in a plant, from Latin inoculatus, past participle of inoculare, from in- + oculus eye, bud — more at eye Date: 1721 1. a. to introduce a microorganism into ~ mice with anthrax beans ~d with nitrogen-fixing bacteria b. to introduce (as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth c. to introduce immunologically active material (as an antibody or antigen) into especially in order to treat or prevent a disease ~ children against diphtheria 2. to introduce something into the mind of 3. to protect as if by inoculation Synonyms: see infuse • inoculative adjective • inoculator noun
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v.tr. 1 a treat (a person or animal) with a small quantity of the agent of a disease, in the form of vaccine or serum, usu. by injection, to promote immunity against the disease. b implant (a disease) by means of vaccine. 2 instil (a person) with ideas or opinions. Derivatives inoculable adj. inoculation n. inoculative adj. inoculator n. Etymology: orig. in sense 'insert (a bud) into a plant': L inoculare inoculat- engraft (as IN-(2), oculus eye, bud) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. мед. делать (предохранительную) прививку he was inoculated with the smallpox serum —- ему привили оспу children were inoculated against diphtheria —- детям сделали прививку против дифтерита 2. вселять, насаждать (мыли, идеи и т. п.); внушать; заражать they tried to inoculate him with wisdom —- они пытались образумить его to be inoculated with the poison of jealousy —- быть отравленным ядом ревности 3. сад. прививать глазком, инокулировать 4. воен. разг. проводить подготовку войск в условиях, приближенных к боевым 5. хим. затравливать (кристаллизацию) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
v. 1) делать (предохранительную) прививку (against/with) If you are travelling to a tropical country, you ought to be inoculated against/with yellow fever. 2) bot. прививать ...Англо-русский словарь
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(inoculates, inoculating, inoculated) To inoculate a person or animal means to inject a weak form of a disease into their body as a way of protecting them against the disease. ...a program to inoculate every child in the state... His dogs were inoculated against rabies. = vaccinate VERB: V n, be V-ed against n • inoculation (inoculations) This may eventually lead to routine inoculation of children... N-VAR: oft N against n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1440, from L. inoculatus, pp. of inoculare "graft in, implant," from in- "in" + oculus "bud," originally "eye." At first, "implant a bud into a plant," meaning of "implant germs of a disease to produce immunity" first recorded (in inoculation) 1714. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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