Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inoculation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inoculation \In*oc"u*la"tion\, n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F.
inoculation.]
1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a
person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his
skin or flesh.
Note: The use was formerly limited to the intentional
communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to
include any similar introduction of modified virus; as,
the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur.
3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false
principles, to the mind.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inoculation
n : taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a
disease [syn: {vaccination}]
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