· 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"

Synonym(s): vaccinating

Hypernym(s): protection

· introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"

Hypernym(s): inform

· introduce a microorganism into

Hypernym(s): insert, enclose, inclose, stick_in, put_in, introduce

· perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"

Synonym(s): immunize, immunise, vaccinate

Hypernym(s): inject, shoot

· insert a bud for propagation

Hypernym(s): propagate

· impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

Hypernym(s): impregnate