Meanings
plural inoculums · plural inocula
- countableuncountableThe active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.
2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82Synonyms: inoculate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininoculum
- Latininoculum
- Englishinoculum
Learned borrowing from Latin inoculum.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian калем
- калем (kalem)material used in an inoculation
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inoculum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inoculum
“inoculum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inoculum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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