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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

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

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

Weeping mothers brought bawling children to the health center for inoculation.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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