GC: n

S: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC546801/ (last access: 10 April 2016); http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/352261/Use_of_a_heavy_inoculum_in_the_in_vitro_evaluation_of_the_anti_staphylococcal_activity_of_19_cephalosporins_ (last access: 10 April 2016).

N: 1. New Latin, from Latin inoculare.
2. Material used for inoculation.
3. Cells used in an inoculation, such as cells added to start a culture.
4. A biological material (like a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is injected into a human to induce or increase immunity to a particular disease.

S: 1 & 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inoculum (last access: 10 April 2016). 3 & 4. http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Inoculum (last access: 10 April 2016).

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CR: inoculation