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inoculated

in·oc·u·late
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ih-nok-yuh-leyt]
    • /ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt/
    • /ɪˈnɒk.jʊ.leɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-nok-yuh-leyt]
    • /ɪˈnɒk yəˌleɪt/

Definitions of inoculated word

  • verb with object inoculated to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance. 1
  • verb with object inoculated to affect or treat (a person, animal, or plant) in this manner. 1
  • verb with object inoculated to introduce (microorganisms) into surroundings suited to their growth, as a culture medium. 1
  • verb with object inoculated to imbue (a person), as with ideas. 1
  • verb with object inoculated Metallurgy. to treat (molten metal) chemically to strengthen the microstructure. 1
  • verb without object inoculated to perform inoculation. 1
See all 7 definitions of inoculated

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Origin of inoculated

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Latin inoculātus past participle of inoculāre to graft by budding, implant, equivalent to in- in-2 + -oculā- (stem of -oculāre to graft, derivative of oculus eye, bud) + -tus past participle suffix

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Parts of speech for Inoculated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Inoculated

inoculated popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for inoculated

verb inoculated

  • immunized — Simple past tense and past participle of immunize.
  • injected — to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
  • protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
All 3 Synonyms of inoculated

Antonyms for inoculated

verb inoculated

  • infected — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
Just one Antonym for inoculated

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Related words

  • blue mold

    any of various species of a fungus (genus Penicillium) that produce bluish masses of spores: some species yield penicillin and some are used to ripen certain cheeses

  • gnotobiosis

    an environmental condition in which germfree animals have been inoculated with strains of known microorganisms.

  • gnotobiotic

    (of germfree animals) inoculated with microorganisms of a given type.

  • incubator

    an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.

  • inoculable

    capable of being inoculated.
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