Inoculant (Noun)
Meaning
A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The doctor administered the inoculant to protect the child from contracting measles and mumps.
- A team of scientists worked tirelessly to develop a new inoculant for the highly contagious virus.
- The inoculant was made from a weakened form of the virus that causes smallpox.
- Before traveling abroad, Sarah received an inoculant against typhoid fever and other diseases.
- Researchers are studying the efficacy of a new oral inoculant that could provide immunity to tuberculosis.