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inocular en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English ocular English inocular From in- + ocular.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to inoculation.
    • The infected group all showed thickening of the terminal ileum and enlargement of the mesenteric lymph nodes at post-mortem examination and all had serum antibody to the inocular strain at levels of 1:320 - 1:640 compared with 1:20 and 1:40 pre-inoculation. 1982, Ramiro Ramírez Necoechea, IPVS 82: Proceedings, page 58:
    • A tumor which originated in a Japanese waltzing mouse was transplanted for many generations in mice of the same variety, but invariably failed to grow when inoculated into common mice. […] Susceptibility to an inocular tumor is neither, therefore, inherited in accordance with Mendel's law, nor are the results obtained from cross-breeding explained by any other known principle of inheritance. 1910, Experiment Station Record - Volume 22, page 377:
    • Agglutinating antibody to the inocular strain develops. 2018, Jean Paul Butzler, Campylobacter Infection in Man and Animals, page 204:

inocular en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English ocular English inocular From in- + ocular.

Meanings

  1. A dose of an inoculum.
    • An inocular of 1x10 ( 5 ) PLC/PRF/5 cells were injected subcutaneously into the back of athymic mice. 1983, International Cancer Research Data Bank, ICRDB Cancergram: Oncofetal proteins - Issue 6, page 9:
    • It was found that those factors consisted of the inocular size or viable unit of tubercle bacilli to be inoculated on a medium, the kind of a medium, the preparation and preservation of a medium and culture condition influenced the test results . 1964, Nihon Igakkai. Sōkai, Abstract of the Proceedings, page 389:
    • Percentage survival curves of an inocular of a laboratory culture of E. coli into seawater collected in August . 1970, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report - Volumes 215-219: