Inoculated vs Uninoculated - What's the difference?
inoculated | uninoculated |
(inoculate)
(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
To add one substance to another; to spike.
To graft by inserting buds.
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(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.
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As a verb inoculated
is past tense of inoculate.As an adjective uninoculated is
not inoculated.inoculated
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Verb
(head)inoculate
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Alternative forms
* innoculateVerb
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity