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inoculation
inoculation in medicine, introduction of a preparation into the tissues or fluids of the body for the purpose of preventing or curing certain diseases. The preparation is usually a weakened culture of the agent causing the disease, as in vaccination against smallpox; however, it may also be composed of antitoxins , which provide immunity themselves, or toxoids , which are proteins that stimulate the body to produce antitoxins (see immunity ). Various forms of inoculation were used from ancient times in China, India, and Persia, but it remained for the English physician Edward Jenner in the late 18th cent. to demonstrate its feasibility to the Western world. The term inoculation is used also to refer to the introduction of certain substances into plant tissues or to the placement of microorganisms into culture media (for experimental or diagnostic purposes) or into the soil. |
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inoculation A technique for virus prevention in which a vaccine, the signature (but not the harmful code) of a virus, is deliberately added to a program. This is effective only against those specific viruses that are programmed to avoid reinfecting code by detecting the presence of their own signature.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "inoculation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "inoculation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-inoculation.html JOHN DAINTITH. "inoculation." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-inoculation.html |
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inoculation
inoculation (in-ok-yoo-lay-shŏn) n. the introduction of a small quantity of material, such as a vaccine, in the process of immunization: a more general name for vaccination.
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inoculation
1. See vaccine. 2. The placing of a small sample of microorganisms or any other type of cell into a culture medium so that the cells can grow and proliferate. |
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"inoculation." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "inoculation." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-inoculation.html "inoculation." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-inoculation.html |
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inoculation
inoculation. See vaccination.
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JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-inoculation.html JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-inoculation.html |
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inoculation See vaccination.
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JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-inoculation.html JOHN CANNON. "inoculation." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-inoculation.html |
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