inoculant

Noun
  1. A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease (synset 114943423)
    referred to in: virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
    is a type of: substance - a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
    same as: inoculum

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