inoculating
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
Types & categories
- protection hypernym
- ring vaccination hyponym
- variolation hyponym
Related & opposite
- vaccinate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vaccinate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ring vaccination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | variolation |