Bible Dictionaries
Inoculation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.

(2):

(n.) The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.

(3):

(n.) Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inoculation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inoculation.html. 1828.