simple past tense and past participle of inoculate

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

plural of inoculant

Alternative form of inoculant

One who inoculates. / A device used for inoculating.

Capable of being inoculated. / Capable of transmitting disease, or of being transmitted, by inoculation.

The quality of being inoculable.

plural of inoculation

(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease. / (microbiology) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.

(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.