in·oc·u·la·tion /ɪˌnɑkjəˈleʃən/
 接插芽,接木,接種


 in·oc·u·la·tion /ɪnˌɑkjəˈleʃən/ 名詞
 灌輸,接枝,嫁接,接種,播種,培養


 In·oc·u·la·tion n.
 1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
 2. Med. The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh, usually for the purpose of inducing immunity to the disease.
 Note: ☞ The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur.  The organisms inoculated are usually an attentuated form of the disease-causing organism, which may multiply harmlessly in the body of the host, but induce immunity to the more virulent forms of the organism.
 3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.

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 inoculation
      n : taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a
          disease [syn: vaccination]