1. (

• inoculating ,
• vaccinating

) the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating" ;

1. (

• immunize ,
• immunise ,
• inoculate ,
• vaccinate

) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" ;