Inocarpin
(In`o*car"pin) n. [Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, muscle + karpo`s fruit.] (Chem.) A red, gummy, coloring
matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (Inocarpus edulis).
Inoccupation
(In*oc`cu*pa"tion), n. Want of occupation.
Inoceramus
(||In`o*cer"a*mus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`s, 'ino`s, a muscle + an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells, allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the
Cretaceous period.
Inoculability
(In*oc`u*la*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being inoculable.
Inoculable
(In*oc"u*la*ble) a. [See Inoculate.] Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating
disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.
Inocular
(In*oc"u*lar) a. (Zoöl) Inserted in the corner of the eye; — said of the antennæ of certain insects.
Inoculate
(In*oc"u*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inoculated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inoculating ] [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.]
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. (Med.) 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. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; — used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate
one with treason or infidelity.
Inoculate
(In*oc"u*late), v. i.
1. To graft by inserting buds.
2. To communicate disease by inoculation.
Inoculation
(In*oc"u*la"tion) n. [L. inoculatio: cf. F. inoculation.]
1. The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.
2. (Med.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious
matter in his skin or flesh.
The use was formerly limited to the intentional communication of the smallpox, but is now extended to
include any similar introduction of modified virus; as, the inoculation of rabies by Pasteur.
3. Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.
Inoculator
(In*oc"u*la`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. inoculateur.] One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or
diseases by inoculation.
Inodiate
(In*o"di*ate) v. t. [Pref. in- in + L. odium hatred.] To make odious or hateful. [Obs.] South.
Inodorate
(In*o"dor*ate) a. Inodorous. [Obs.] Bacon.
Inodorous
(In*o"dor*ous) a. [L. inodorus. See In- not, and Odorous.] Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.
— In*o"dor*ous*ness, n.
