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inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ɪˌnɒk jəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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Perhaps their greatest contribution was championing smallpox inoculation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Health experts say that the disease could be controlled or even eradicated with proper inoculation rates - generally defined as 95% of a community receiving the measles vaccine.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2025

They’re making a strange invisible inoculation for themselves of, ‘It’s not going to be me who suffers. It’s going to be someone else who deserves it.’

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

Furthermore, they evaluated calcium's effect on enhancing plant resistance through controlled inoculation trials, providing a comprehensive view of how calcium supplementation could potentially bolster the potato plant's defense mechanisms against bacterial wilt.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

Weeping mothers brought bawling children to the health center for inoculation.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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