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INOCULANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
Synonyms:
inoculant; inoculum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inoculant" is a kind of...):
substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)
Domain category:
virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)
Derivation:
inoculate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)
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