English noun: inoculating | |||
1. | inoculating (act) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity | ||
Samples | Doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating. | ||
Synonyms | vaccinating | ||
Broader (hypernym) | protection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ring vaccination, variolation, variolization | ||