different between inocular vs inoculum

English

Etymology

in- +? ocular

Adjective

inocular (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.

Catalan

Verb

inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, past participle inoculat)

1. to innoculate

Conjugation

Related terms

• inoculació

Further reading

• “inocular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From English inoculate, attested in 1722; from Latin inocul?re, present active infinitive of inocul? (“to ingraft by budding”), from in- + oculus (“eye, bud”).

Verb

inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, first-person singular preterite inoculé, past participle inoculado)

1. to inoculate

Conjugation

Related terms

• inoculación

Further reading

• “inocular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

inoculum (countable and uncountable, plural inoculums or inocula)

1. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant
   • 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History (page 82)

     Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.

Derived terms

• preinoculum

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