Definition of Inoculate

to treat a person with a vaccine to prevent disease

Examples of Inoculate in a sentence

Before doctors were able to inoculate people with a polio vaccine, many people died from the disease.  🔊

The mother decided not to inoculate her son, refusing the vaccine because she felt the side effects were worse than the risk of him getting the disease.  🔊

There is no way to inoculate for the deadly illness since no preventive vaccine exists.  🔊

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