Inoculating — Definition & Meaning

What does inoculating mean?

verb

To introduce a vaccine or a pathogen into a person or animal in order to build immunity, or to introduce a new idea or influence into a person or group.

Example

"The doctor inoculated the patient with a weakened form of the virus to build up their immune system."

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Words that share this root

inoculate vaccine immunize pathogen

What's another word for inoculating?

vaccinating immunizing inoculating injecting introducing

What's the opposite of inoculating?

exposing infecting contaminating

Rhymes with inoculating

calculating dominating nominating vocating