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inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ɪˌnɒk yəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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Perhaps their greatest contribution was championing smallpox inoculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“All samples with a PCR positive result are going through egg inoculation tests, a gold-standard for determining if infectious virus is present,” they wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024

It is meant to be administered, alongside inoculation for diphtheria, tetanus, polio and others, from the very first weeks of life.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

"We discovered that the inoculation functioned best when there were lots of fungal pathogens already in the soil," says co-first author Stefanie Lutz from Agroscope, the federal center of competence for agricultural research.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

De Becker, whose firm provides security for public figures, puts his bodyguards through a program of what he calls stress inoculation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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