Innocuous vs. Inoculate
Innocuousadjective
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
Innocuousadjective
Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.
Innocuousadjective
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
Innocuousadjective
not injurious to physical or mental health
Innocuousadjective
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone;
Innocuousadjective
not causing disapproval;
Innocuousadjective
lacking intent or capacity to injure;
Inoculateverb
To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Inoculateverb
To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
Inoculateverb
To add one substance to another; to spike.
Inoculateverb
To graft by inserting buds.
Inoculateverb
(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant.
Inoculateverb
To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
Inoculateverb
To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
Inoculateverb
To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.
Inoculateverb
Fig.: To introduce into the mind; - used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
Inoculateverb
To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.
Inoculateverb
To graft by inserting buds.
Inoculateverb
To communicate disease by inoculation.
Inoculateverb
introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of;
Inoculateverb
introduce a micro-organism into
Inoculateverb
perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
Inoculateverb
insert a bud for propagation
Inoculateverb
impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
Inoculateverb
treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate
Inoculateverb
introduce (an infective agent) into an organism
Inoculateverb
introduce (cells or organisms) into a culture medium
