Meaning

2 senses

  1. The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculum

  2. An alloyant used to refine grains in a cast microstructure.

More definitions
  • a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease

Forms

plural: inoculants
Singularinoculant
Pluralinoculants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
grain refiner
Close in meaning
  • a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease:inoculum

Word family

2 related words
Relatedinoculate
Derivedbioinoculant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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