The meaning of INOCULATE is to introduce immunologically active material (such as an antibody or antigen) into especially in order to treat or prevent a disease. How to use inoculate in a …

INOCULATE meaning: 1. to give a weak form of a disease to a person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection…. Learn more.

When inoculate first came into English in the 15th century, it referred to inserting a bud onto another plant. Now you’re more likely to hear it used to describe the process of building up …

Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen or other microbe or virus into a person or other organism. It is a method of artificially inducing immunity against various infectious diseases.

inoculated, inoculating to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.

On the next day the eukaryotic cells are inoculated with the bacteria and are incubated together for an hour.

Definition of inoculate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of: "Young people ... are inoculated with the fervor, and are heard about the streets, singing the temperance songs" (Walt Whitman).

Dec 22, 2025 · inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated) (transitive, immunology) To introduce …

All the children have been inoculated against smallpox.