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INOCULUM (inocula)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inoculum mean? 

INOCULUM (noun)
  The noun INOCULUM has 1 sense:

1. a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular diseaseplay

  Familiarity information: INOCULUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INOCULUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

inoculant; inoculum

Hypernyms ("inoculum" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Domain category:

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)


 Context examples 


A measure of viable infectious entities (e.g. viral particles or group of particles) in the specimen or product defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope and/or to the naked eye as a plaque.

(Plaque Forming Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of viable infectious entities expressed in millions in the specimen or product defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope or/and to the naked eye as a plaque.

(Million Plaque Forming Units, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of viable infectious entities expressed in hundreds of millions in the specimen or product defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope or/and to the naked eye as a plaque.

(Hundred Million Plaque Forming Units, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of viable infectious entities expressed in billions in the specimen or product defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope or/and to the naked eye as a plaque.

(Billion Plaque Forming Units, NCI Thesaurus)



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