Associations to the word «Inoculum»

Wiktionary

INOCULUM, noun. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant

Dictionary definition

INOCULUM, noun. A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats