INOCULATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

2.
n.

The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.

3.
n.

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


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