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to inoculate somebody against the smallpox

chủng phòng bệnh đậu mùa cho ai

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V.tr.

A treat (a person or animal) with a small quantity ofthe agent of a disease, in the form of vaccine or serum, usu. byinjection, to promote immunity against the disease. b implant(a disease) by means of vaccine.

Instil (a person) with ideasor opinions.

Inoculable adj. inoculation n. inoculativeadj. inoculator n. [orig. in sense 'insert (a bud) into aplant': L inoculare inoculat- engraft (as IN-(2), oculus eye,bud)]