inoculating

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noun

the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
• Syn:
vaccinating
• Derivationally related forms:
vaccinate (for: vaccinating), inoculate
• Hypernyms:
protection
• Hyponyms:
ring vaccination, variolation, variolization