inoculation

inoculation

English

Etymology

From Latin inoculātio. Equivalent to inoculate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˌnɑkjəˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inoculation (countable and uncountable, plural inoculations)

1. (immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 326:

     We owe, also, to Lady Mary the introduction of inoculation—the moral courage she displayed; the blessing conferred by her exertions may well silence the harsh judgment which suits so little with our narrow and finite intelligence.

2. (microbiology) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.
3. The insertion of the buds of one plant into another; grafting.
4. An inoculum; that which is inoculated.

Related terms

• inoculant
• inoculate
• inoculative
• inoculator
• inoculum

Translations

introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity

Arabic: تَلْقِيح‎ m (talqīḥ) Armenian: պատվաստում (hy) (patvastum) Belarusian: прышчэ́пка f (pryščépka), вакцына́цыя f (vakcynácyja), прышчэ́пліванне n (pryščéplivannje) Bulgarian: ваксина́ция f (vaksinácija), инокула́ция f (inokulácija) Chinese: Mandarin: 接種／接种 (zh) (jiēzhǒng) Czech: očkování (cs) n, vakcinace (cs) f Dutch: inenting (nl) f, inoculatie (nl) f Finnish: rokottaminen (fi) French: inoculation (fr) f German: Impfung (de) f Hindi: टीकाकरण m (ṭīkākaraṇ) Indonesian: inokulasi (id) Japanese: 接種 (ja) (せっしゅ, sesshu) Korean: 접종(接種) (jeopjong) Macedonian: вакцина́ција f (vakcinácija), инокула́ција f (inokulácija) Malay: inokulasi Persian: مایه‌کوبی‎ (mâye-kubi), مایه کوبی‎ (fa) (mâye kubi) Polish: szczepienie (pl) n Russian: приви́вка (ru) f (privívka), вакцина́ция (ru) f (vakcinácija), инокуля́ция (ru) f (inokuljácija) Slovak: očkovanie n, vakcinácia f Spanish: vacunación (es) m Swedish: ympning (sv) c, inokulation c Ukrainian: ще́плення n (ščéplennja), вакцина́ція (uk) f (vakcynácija), інокуля́ція f (inokuljácija)

introduction of microorganisms into culture medium

Arabic: تَلْقِيح‎ m (talqīḥ) Indonesian: inokulasi (id) Persian: تلقیح‎ (fa) (talqih) Slovak: naočkovanie n

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Spanish: (please verify) vacunación (es) m

See also

• immunisation
• vaccination

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French

Noun

inoculation f (plural inoculations)

1. inoculation

Further reading

• “inoculation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.