Definition inoculate in American English

inoculate verb

[transitive] verb

/ɪˈnɑkjəˌleɪt/

to protect someone against a particular disease by injecting a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes immune to it

Example

None of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.

Synonyms and related words

administer administration come off

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