1. The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
   "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating";
   - vaccinating

1. Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
   "The doctor inoculated the children against measles"
    
2. (medicine) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
   "We inoculate against scarlet fever";
   - immunize, immunise [Brit], vaccinate, jab [Brit, informal], vax [informal]
    
3. Introduce a microorganism into
   "The doctor inoculated the patient with the flu vaccine"
    
4. Insert a bud for propagation
   "The horticulturist inoculated the fruit tree with a desirable variety"
    
5. Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
   "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"

Type of: enclose, impregnate, inclose, inform, inject, insert, introduce, propagate, protection, put in, shoot, stick in

Encyclopedia: Inoculate