inoculate
in-(into) + oculus(eye, bud)
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verb with object
treat (a person or animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease: 病気に対して免疫を作るためにワクチンで(人や動物を)治療する
…に 【病気の】予防接種をする «against, for» ; 【ワクチンを】…に接種する «with» (!しばしば受け身で) (→ immunize, vaccinate)
e.g. he inoculated his tenants against smallpox.: 彼は賃借人に天然痘に対する予防接種を受けさせた。
Compare with vaccinate.
introduce (an infective agent) into an organism: (伝染をもたらすもの)を身体に取り入れる
e.g. it can be inoculated into laboratory animals.: 実験動物に接種させることもある。
introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium.: (細胞や有機体を)培地に取り入れる
DERIVATIVES
inoculable | iˈnäkyələb(ə)l | adjective
inoculator | iˈnäkyəˌlādər | noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘graft a bud or shoot into a different plant’): from Latin inoculat- ‘engrafted’, from the verb inoculare, from in- ‘into’ + oculus ‘eye, bud’. The sense ‘vaccinate’ dates from the early 18th century.