HyperDic: inoculum

English > 1 sense of the word inoculum:
NOUNsubstanceinoculum, inoculanta substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
English > inoculum: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
Synonyminoculant
Categoryvirus(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
BroadersubstanceA particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
Spanishinóculo
Catalaninoculador, inoculant, inòcul

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