Thesaurus: inoculation

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1. n. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
2. n. The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.
3. n. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
4. n. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
5. 1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants. 2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh. Note: The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur. 3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
6. The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person inhealth, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.
7. n:100 n. taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease