INOCULATE | Definition and Meaning

Definition of Inoculate

Inoculate

in·oc·u·late

Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to introduce a vaccine or some other immunologically active material into a person or animal in order to treat a disease or produce immunity against it;

e.g. The school helped to inoculate all the students against the disease.

(verb)

broadly, to introduce cells into a medium in which they can grow, especially to introduce a infection-causing agent such as a microorganism into a living being;

e.g. The researchers inoculate mice with the disease to see if the new drug is effective.

(verb)

to place some idea or suggestion in someone's mind;

e.g. He tried to inoculate us with his views, but we knew that he was wrong.