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inoculation

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɪˌnɑkjəˈleɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AA2 K Y AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The insertion of the buds of one plant into another; grafting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An inoculum; that which is inoculated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Synonym of prebunking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prebunking

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Any technique to reduce harm by exposing oneself to a milder form of that harm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vaccination

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: immunization, immunisation

History

Etymology

From Latin inoculātio. Equivalent to inoculate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَلْقِيح (talqīḥ) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Armenian: պատվաստում (patvastum) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Belarusian: прышчэ́пка (pryščépka) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Belarusian: вакцына́цыя (vakcynácyja) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Belarusian: прышчэ́пліванне (pryščéplivannje) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Bulgarian: ваксина́ция (vaksinácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Bulgarian: инокула́ция (inokulácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Catalan: inoculació — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接種 /接种 (jiēzhǒng) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Czech: očkování — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Czech: vakcinace — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Dutch: inenting — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Dutch: inoculatie — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Finnish: rokottaminen — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • French: inoculation — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • German: Impfung — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Hindi: टीकाकरण (ṭīkākaraṇ) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Indonesian: inokulasi — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Japanese: 接種 (sesshu) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Korean: 접종 (jeopjong) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Macedonian: вакцина́ција (vakcinácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Macedonian: инокула́ција (inokulácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Malay: inokulasi — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Persian: مایهکوبی (mâye-kubi) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Persian: مایه کوبی (mâye kubi) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Polish: szczepienie — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Russian: приви́вка (privívka) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Russian: вакцина́ция (vakcinácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Russian: инокуля́ция (inokuljácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Slovak: očkovanie — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Slovak: vakcinácia — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Spanish: vacunación — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Swahili: chanjo — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Swedish: ympning — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Swedish: inokulation — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Ukrainian: ще́плення (ščéplennja) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Ukrainian: вакцина́ція (vakcynácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Ukrainian: інокуля́ція (inokuljácija) — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Vietnamese: chủng ngừa — introduction of substance into the body to produce immunity
  • Arabic: تَلْقِيح (talqīḥ) — introduction of microorganisms into culture medium
  • Indonesian: inokulasi — introduction of microorganisms into culture medium
  • Persian: تلقیح (talqih) — introduction of microorganisms into culture medium
  • Slovak: naočkovanie — introduction of microorganisms into culture medium