inocular

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English

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ ocular.

Adjective

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inocular (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.
  2. Pertaining to inoculation.
    • 1910, Experiment Station Record - Volume 22, page 377:
      A tumor which originated in a Japanese waltzing mouse was transplanted for many generations in mice of the same variety, but invariably failed to grow when inoculated into common mice. [] Susceptibility to an inocular tumor is neither, therefore, inherited in accordance with Mendel's law, nor are the results obtained from cross-breeding explained by any other known principle of inheritance.
    • 1982, Ramiro Ramírez Necoechea, IPVS 82: Proceedings, page 58:
      The infected group all showed thickening of the terminal ileum and enlargement of the mesenteric lymph nodes at post-mortem examination and all had serum antibody to the inocular strain at levels of 1:320 - 1:640 compared with 1:20 and 1:40 pre-inoculation.
    • 2018, Jean Paul Butzler, Campylobacter Infection in Man and Animals, page 204:
      Agglutinating antibody to the inocular strain develops.

Noun

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inocular

  1. A dose of an inoculum.
    • 1964, Nihon Igakkai. Sōkai, Abstract of the Proceedings, page 389:
      It was found that those factors consisted of the inocular size or viable unit of tubercle bacilli to be inoculated on a medium, the kind of a medium, the preparation and preservation of a medium and culture condition influenced the test results .
    • 1970, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report - Volumes 215-219:
      Percentage survival curves of an inocular of a laboratory culture of E. coli into seawater collected in August .
    • 1983, International Cancer Research Data Bank, ICRDB Cancergram: Oncofetal proteins - Issue 6, page 9:
      An inocular of 1x10 ( 5 ) PLC/PRF/5 cells were injected subcutaneously into the back of athymic mice.

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Verb

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inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, first-person singular preterite inoculí, past participle inoculat)

  1. to innoculate

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English inoculate, attested in 1722; from Latin inoculāre (to ingraft by budding), from in- + oculus (eye, bud).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inokuˈlaɾ/ [i.no.kuˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: i‧no‧cu‧lar

Verb

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inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, first-person singular preterite inoculé, past participle inoculado)

  1. (transitive) to inoculate

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