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inoculation

[ih-nok-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ɪˌnɒk yəˈleɪ ʃən /
NOUN
immunization
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In 1759, he collaborated with an English physician on a pamphlet that promoted inoculation with simple instructions, and paid for 1,500 copies to be distributed to American physicians, community leaders and the working poor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

There weren’t vehicles to divert, underground creeks that required stabilization, majestic oaks that had to be saved or soils that required inoculation with local microbes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

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

“All samples with a PCR positive result are going through egg inoculation tests, a gold-standard for determining if infectious virus is present,” they wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024

De Becker, whose firm provides security for public figures, puts his bodyguards through a program of what he calls stress inoculation.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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