Inoculability(n.) The qual ity or state of being inoculable.
Inoculable(a.) Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.
Inoculate(v. i.) To graft by inserting buds.
Inoculate(v. i.) To communicate disease by inoculation.
Inoculate(v. t.) To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
Inoculate(v. t.) To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
Inoculate(v. t.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.
Inoculate(v. t.) Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
Inoculated(imp. & p. p.) of Inoculate
Inoculating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inoculate
Inoculation(n.) The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
Inoculation(n.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.
Inoculation(n.) Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
Inoculator(n.) One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.
Words within inoculants