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inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ɪˌnɒk jəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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The death of Franklin’s young son, Frances, from smallpox was a prime factor in his ardent support of inoculation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Health experts say that the disease could be controlled or even eradicated with proper inoculation rates - generally defined as 95% of a community receiving the measles vaccine.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2025

They’re making a strange invisible inoculation for themselves of, ‘It’s not going to be me who suffers. It’s going to be someone else who deserves it.’

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

“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

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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