inoculum
nounUS /ɪˈnɑːkjələm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin inoculum.
1
The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
- Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82:
- Derived terms
- preinoculum
- Related terms
- inoculus, inoculi