| inocarpin | <chemistry> A red, gummy, colouring matter, extracted from the colourless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis). Origin: Gr, muscle + fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| inoceramus | <paleontology> An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a muscle + an earthen vessel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inoculability | The quality of being inoculable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inoculable | Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation. See: Inoculate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inocular | <zoology> Inserted in the corner of the eye; said of the antenna of certain insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inoculate | 1. To graft by inserting buds. 2. To communicate disease by inoculation. 1. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. 2. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree. 3. <medicine> To communicate a disease to (a person) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate. 4. To introduce into the mind; used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity. Origin: L. Inoculatus, p.p. Of inoculare to ingraft; pref. In- in,on + oculare to furnish with eyes, fr. Oculus an eye, also, a bud. See Ocular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inoculation | Introduction of material (usually a vaccine) into the tissues. Mode of entry of bacteria into the body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| inoculator | One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation. Origin: L., cf. F. Inoculateur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inoculum | <cell culture> Cells added to start a culture or, in the case of viruses, viruses added to infect a culture of cells. Also for biological material injected into a human to induce immunity (a vaccine). (18 Nov 1997) |
| Inocybe | <botany> A genus of mushrooms containing several species that have a high yield of muscarine. (05 Mar 2000) |