Definitions
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- noun The active material used in an
inoculation ; aninoculum - noun engineering An
alloyant used to refinegrains in acast macrostructure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
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Examples
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For better yields, treat pea seed with inoculant, which is available at most garden centres.
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Goodness knows, medicine for humans is hard enough to come by, i wonder who supplied the goat “inoculant”.
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A healthy, vibrant society is the best inoculant against hatred and terrorism, and that is something no Israeli concession can provide.
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A healthy, vibrant society is the best inoculant against hatred and terrorism, and that is something no Israeli concession can provide.
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We have to keep complete records for every input on the farm: seeds, fertilizers, even the inoculant we use on our legume seeds.
Dave Snyder: Rooftop Farm Report: Organic Certification, A Lot Of (Good) Paperwork 2010
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A healthy, vibrant society is the best inoculant against hatred and terrorism, and that is something no Israeli concession can provide.
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We have to keep complete records for every input on the farm: seeds, fertilizers, even the inoculant we use on our legume seeds.
Dave Snyder: Rooftop Farm Report: Organic Certification, A Lot Of (Good) Paperwork 2010
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As Tom's words filtered into his mind, he felt as if a heavy serum that must have long been pooled beneath the crown of his head was beginning to soak down now into his brain, filling in around the backs of his eyes, pressing against his skull — some primitive inoculant against sudden loss.
City Visit 2005
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As Tom's words filtered into his mind, he felt as if a heavy serum that must have long been pooled beneath the crown of his head was beginning to soak down now into his brain, filling in around the backs of his eyes, pressing against his skull — some primitive inoculant against sudden loss.
City Visit 2005
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When you get the smallpox vaccine, the virus in the inoculant can be transmitted to people around you.
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