Definition
of Inoculate
With
etymological origin in the Latin word inoculāre , the verbinoculate has
several uses. In the field of medicine and biology ,
the concept alludes to implant a substance with germs of a certain disease
in an organism .
Inoculate
is, in the broadest sense, to place something that can develop and
reproduce. Regarding vaccines , to mention a case, they allow
to inoculate a bacterium or a virus in the body so that the body produces
the necessary antibodies .
The
vaccine introduces a tiny amount of a bacteria or a virus that
has been weakened. The person, in this way, is not infected or only has a
very mild infection. The immune system, by detecting the pathogen that was
inoculated, learns to recognize it and attacks it. Thus, if the individual
later comes back in contact with the bacteria or the virus, it is already
immunized by the organic reaction that will prevent the infection.
Different animals ,
on the other hand, are in charge of inoculating poison through bites or
stings as a method of defense or to hunt. In this context we can
mention the cobra, a poisonous snake that, to feed itself, inoculates a
neurotoxin to its prey, nailing its fangs.
Inoculation
can also be associated with infusing, propagating or inculcating a
doctrine, an ideology , a sensation, etc. In this context, the
notion is often used in a pejorative or negative way. For example: "The
opposition wants to inoculate fear of citizens to obtain an electoral
revenue" , "There are dozens of groups that intend to
inoculate communism to our youth" .
