inoculated
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Definitions
verb
- To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
- (by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
- To add one substance to another; to spike.“The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.”
- To graft by inserting buds.“to inoculate a tree”
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