inoculation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inoculation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inoculation n taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease Synonym(s): inoculation, vaccination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inoculation \Inoc"ula"tion\, n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.] 1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants. 2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh. Note: The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur. 3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.