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<hw>In`o*car"pin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/, <?/, muscle + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red, gummy, coloring matter, extracted from the colorless juice of the Otaheite chestnut (<spn>Inocarpus edulis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Inoccupation</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc`cu*pa"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of occupation.</def>

<h1>Inoceramus</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In`o*cer"a*mus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a muscle + <?/ an earthen vessel.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.</def>

<h1>Inoculability</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc`u*la*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The qual ity or state of being inoculable.</def>

<h1>Inoculable</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Inoculate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being inoculated; capable of communicating disease, or of being communicated, by inoculation.</def>

<h1>Inocular</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn<?/ of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Inoculate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inoculated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inoculating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>,.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inoculatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>inoculare</ets> to ingraft; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in,on + <ets>oculare</ets> to furnish with eyes, fr. <ets>oculus</ets> an eye, also, a bud. See <er>Ocular</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To insert a foreign bud into; <as>as, to <ex>inoculate</ex> a tree</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; <as>as, to <ex>inoculate</ex> a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc.</as> See <er>Vaccinate</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; <as>as, to <ex>inoculate</ex> one with treason or infidelity</as>.</def>

<h1>Inoculate</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*late</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To graft by inserting buds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To communicate disease by inoculation.</def>

<h1>Inoculation</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inoculatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inoculation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or art of inoculating trees or plants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.</def>

<note>&hand; 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 <i>inoculation</i> of rabies by Pasteur.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: The communication of principles, especially false principles, to the mind.</def>

<h1>Inoculator</h1> <Xpage=766>

<hw>In*oc"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>inoculateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.</def>

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<h1>Inodiate</h1> <Xpage=767>