to protect someone against a particular disease by injecting a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes immune to it
inoculate someone against something:
None of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.
Synonyms and related words
To take, prescribe or administer a medicine
administer
administration
come off
derived word
inoculation
noun
Word Forms
singular
inoculation
plural
inoculations
Synonyms and related words
Medical and health treatments
acupressure
acupuncture
aftercare
inoculate
verb transitive medical
US /ɪˈnɑkjəˌleɪt/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
inoculate
he/she/it
inoculates
present participle
inoculating
past tense
inoculated
past participle
inoculated
DEFINITIONS1
1
to protect someone against a particular disease by injecting a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes immune to it
inoculate someone against something:
None of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.