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Inoculum vs Vaccine - What's the difference?

inoculum | vaccine |

As a noun inoculum

is the active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant.

As a verb vaccine is

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inoculum

English

Noun

(inocula)
  • The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant

    • vaccine

    English

    (wikipedia vaccine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (immunology) A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease, prepared from the agent that causes the disease, or a synthetic substitute.

    • Related terms

    * immunization * inoculation * vaccinate * vaccination