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inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ɪˌnɒk yəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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In 1759, he collaborated with an English physician on a pamphlet that promoted inoculation with simple instructions, and paid for 1,500 copies to be distributed to American physicians, community leaders and the working poor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

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

Furthermore, they evaluated calcium's effect on enhancing plant resistance through controlled inoculation trials, providing a comprehensive view of how calcium supplementation could potentially bolster the potato plant's defense mechanisms against bacterial wilt.

From Science Daily • May 1, 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

“You can’t survive the death serum without an inoculation, and I’m the only person in the compound who possesses that substance.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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