Definition of "inoculable" []

• Susceptible to a disease transmitted by inoculation. (adjective)
• That can be used in an inoculation. (adjective)
• Transmissible by inoculation. (adjective)

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• "It was also found that when the virus was filtered several times it ceased to be inoculable, showing that each time the fluid was passed through the filter some of the minute organisms contained in it were held back."
• "Further, the disease produced by inoculation of the filtrate was itself inoculable and could be transmitted from animal to animal."
• "Syphilis, therefore, is a markedly contagious and inoculable disease."