inoculating

3.9

Putting a vaccine into a person's body to protect them from disease

noun
/ɪˈnɑkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ/

Specialized

: inoculación

Parents are encouraged to start inoculating their infants as soon as they are eligible.

Examples

The health campaign focused on inoculating the population against the flu virus this winter.
REALLY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF INOCULATING PEOPLE AGAINST IT.

House of the Dead 2 (2006)
The doctor explained that inoculating children with vaccines helps prevent serious diseases.

Synonyms

vaccination

vsinoculating

76 3.0

Giving a vaccine to a person or animal to protect them from disease

focuses more on producing immunity than only on the giving act

immunization

vsinoculating

Specialized

29 3.7

The process of protecting a person from disease by giving a vaccine

refers specifically to the single action of introducing the protective agent

inoculation

vsinoculating

Specialized

15 4.0

To put a vaccine into the body to help the body fight a disease

is the verb form describing that same introducing action

vaccinating

vsinoculating

1 3.7

Giving a vaccine to protect people from disease

is the same action but expressed as a different verb form

Antonyms

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

to neglect

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

Surface Forms

inoculating singular

inoculatings plural

Morphology

inoculating = inoculate (transparent) = inoculate + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'inoculate'; the noun meaning 'the act of inoculating' follows regular English patterns and is directly inferable from the base verb.

Etymology

Inoculating comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'into' and oculus meaning 'eye' or 'bud', because gardeners used to put a small 'bud' into another plant to help it grow. So, inoculating a person is like that: putting a tiny part of a germ 'into' the body to teach the body to fight the disease and stay safe.