
Inoculate
Medical Context
Often used by healthcare professionals when discussing vaccines and disease prevention.

Please visit the clinic to be inoculated before flu season starts.
Protective Action
Emphasizes the action of safeguarding from diseases, particularly through vaccination.

Newborns are inoculated to protect them from certain infections.
Specific Diseases
Can refer to protection against particular diseases; context usually specifies which.

Travelers were inoculated against yellow fever.
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