Innoculate vs. Inoculate: Decoding the Right Spelling

Inoculate means to introduce a vaccine into the body to stimulate immunity.

Inoculate is used to introduce microorganisms or viruses into a culture medium.

It refers to the process of introducing an antigenic substance to produce antibodies.

Metaphorically, to inoculate can mean to safeguard or protect someone against harmful influences.

To introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into (the body of a person or animal), especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease.

To communicate a disease to (a living organism) by transferring its causative agent into the organism.

To implant microorganisms or infectious material into (a culture medium).

To safeguard as if by inoculation; protect

To introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of

To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.

To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

To add one substance to another.

To graft by inserting buds.

(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles).

To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.

To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh, especially as a means of inducing immunological resistance to that or related diseases; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox, rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.

Fig.: To introduce into the mind; - used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.

To introduce microorganisms into (a growth medium), to cause the growth and multiplication of the microorganisms; as, to inoculate a fermentation vat with an actinomycete culture in order to produce streptomycin.

To communicate disease by inoculation.

Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of;

Introduce a micro-organism into

Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;

Insert a bud for propagation

Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune

In horticulture, inoculate can mean to graft a bud onto another plant.