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inoculation

[ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] n
acrid. إعداء   ؛إلقاح
med. تَلْقيح
virol. تلقيح   ؛التَلقِيح
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inoculation [ɪ'nɔkju'leɪʃ(ə)n] abbr.
abbr., mil. inoc
med. A substance administered to trigger an immune response against a particular disease. Most vaccines are designed to prevent a person from ever having a particular disease or to only have a mild case of the disease. However, therapeutic vaccines are intended to treat specific diseases. Although researchers are testing vaccines both to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, no HIV vaccine is currently approved for use outside of clinical trials. see also preventive HIV vaccine, therapeutic HIV vaccine
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