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inoculant

English

Noun

inoculant (plural inoculants)

  1. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum
  2. (engineering) An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.

Synonyms

  • (engineering): grain refiner

References

  • Science and engineering of casting solidification By Doru Michael Stefanescu

Anagrams

  • continual

Catalan

Verb

inoculant

  1. present participle of inocular

French

Verb

inoculant

  1. present participle of inoculer

Latin

Verb

inoculant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of inocul?

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inoculate

English

Alternative forms

  • innoculate

Etymology

From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inocul?tus, perfect passive participle of inocul? (ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant), from in (in) + oculus (an eye).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??n?kjule?t/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n??kjule?t/
  • (General Australian)

Verb

inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated)

  1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
  2. (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. To add one substance to another.
    Synonym: spike
  4. To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]
  5. (figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles). [from a. 1600]
    Synonyms: imbue, implant

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • immunize / immunise
  • vaccinate

Further reading

  • inoculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • inoculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • lotucaine

Italian

Verb

inoculate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of inoculare
  2. second-person plural imperative of inoculare
  3. feminine plural of inoculato

Anagrams

  • cautelino

Latin

Verb

inocul?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of inocul?

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