transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɒkjʊleɪt ]
( inoculates, inoculating, inoculated)
To inoculate a person or animal means to inject a weak form of a disease into their body as a way of protecting them against the disease.
...a program to inoculate every child in the state...
His dogs were inoculated against rabies.
= vaccinate
VERB : V n , be V-ed against n
• in‧ocu‧la‧tion
(inoculations)
This may eventually lead to routine inoculation of children...
N-VAR : oft N against n