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inoculum
[ ih-nok-yuh-luhm ]
noun
- the substance used to make an inoculation.
inoculum
/ ɪˈnɒkjʊləm /
noun
- med the substance used in giving an inoculation
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of inoculum1
Example Sentences
“It’s very hard to sort out, but you wonder if increased inoculum of the virus is an extra factor,” he said.
We’re putting forth a hypothesis that there’s a biological mechanism by which this could occur, where a lower viral inoculum leads to less severe illness.
Masking and reducing the viral inoculum, getting less severe disease, resulting in more people having asymptomatic infection, is a good outcome.
Flame the plugs, open the tubes, sterilise the platinum needle and charge it with the inoculum as in the previous cultivations.
Sterilise the platinum loop, and add two loopfuls of diluted inoculum to tube No. 2, and mix as before.
Add one loopful of the inoculum to tube No. 1, treating the liquefied medium as bouillon.
Should any drops of the inoculum be forced out, they will fall on the filter paper, which should be immediately burned.
Introduce the inoculum in the form of an emulsion by means of another pipette.
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