"inoculating" in the noun sense
1. inoculating, vaccinating
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
"doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating"
"inoculating" in the verb sense
1. inoculate
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
"My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
2. inoculate
introduce a microorganism into
3. immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"
"The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
4. inoculate
insert a bud for propagation
5. inoculate
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
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