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 | ||