Vaccination vs. Inoculation

Vaccinationnoun

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Vaccinationnoun

The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.

Vaccinationnoun

Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease.

Vaccinationnoun

taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Vaccinationnoun

the scar left following innoculation with a vaccine

Vaccinationnoun

treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculation

Vaccination

Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism.

Inoculationnoun

(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.

Inoculationnoun

(microbiology) The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.

Inoculationnoun

An inoculum, what is inoculated

Inoculationnoun

The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

Inoculationnoun

The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually for the purpose of inducing immunity to the disease.

Inoculationnoun

Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.

Inoculationnoun

The introduction of microorganisms into a growth medium, to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms.

Inoculationnoun

taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

Inoculation

Inoculation is a set of methods of artificially inducing immunity against various infectious diseases. The terms inoculation, vaccination, and immunization are often used synonymously, but there are some important differences among them.