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noun
The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: inoculate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inoculant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: substance
History
Learned borrowing from Latin inoculum.
Across languages
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