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inoculating   (TTS Sound)

The noun inoculating has 1 sense

• inoculating, vaccinating -- (the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating")

The verb inoculate has 5 senses

• inoculate -- (introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs")


• inoculate -- (introduce a microorganism into)


• immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate -- (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school")


• inoculate -- (insert a bud for propagation)


• inoculate -- (impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune)