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inoculation [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] n
gen. 植種 (しょくしゅ) River and Water Resources Glossary (Infrastructure Development Institute Japan) ; 植氷 Engineering and Science Technical Dictionary (James Friend)
n vs adj-no inoculation | n vs adj-no [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] n
gen. 種痘 news2 nf27 spec2; 接種 news1 nf14 (せっしゅ)
n inoculation | n [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] n
gen. 予防注射 (よぼう・ちゅうしゃ)
n adj-no inoculation | n adj-no [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] n
gen. 予防接種 news1 nf11
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inoculation [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] abbr.
abbr., mil. inoc
med. A substance administered to trigger an immune response against a particular disease. Most vaccines are designed to prevent a person from ever having a particular disease or to only have a mild case of the disease. However, therapeutic vaccines are intended to treat specific diseases. Although researchers are testing vaccines both to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, no HIV vaccine is currently approved for use outside of clinical trials. see also preventive HIV vaccine, therapeutic HIV vaccine