inoculated
接種した
解説 Definition
inoculated は inoculate（接種する、植え付ける）の過去形・過去分詞で、「接種した」「接種された」という意味です。ワクチンや微生物を体や培地に入れる文脈で使われます。
Inoculated describes a person, animal, or biological material into which a vaccine, microorganism, or similar substance has been introduced. It is the past-tense and past-participle form of inoculate and often functions adjectivally before a noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 inoculate の語末の e を残さず -d を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞的には「接種された」です。語尾が /t/ 音なので -ed は /ɪd/ と一音節増やして発音します。inoculated patients「接種を受けた患者」、inoculated culture「菌などを植え付けた培養物」という医学・生物学の場面で覚えましょう。
Start with inoculate, meaning to introduce a vaccine or microorganisms into a body or culture. Since the verb ends in silent e, remove that e before recognizing the regular past ending: inoculate becomes inoculated. The final /t/ of inoculate makes -ed sound like /ɪd/, adding a syllable. Fix the word in two common settings: inoculated patients have received a vaccine, while an inoculated culture has had microorganisms introduced into it. Both uses share the image of placing biological material into a new environment.
例文
The inoculated patients were observed for several hours.
接種を受けた患者たちは数時間観察されました。
An inoculated culture was kept at a stable temperature.
接種済みの培養物は一定の温度で保管されました。
The doctor checked the inoculated arm for swelling.
医師は接種した腕に腫れがないか確認しました。
inoculated の類義語・関連語
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inoculated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 inoculare（接ぎ木する）が語源。in-（中に）+ oculus（目、芽）で「芽を植え込む」が原義。植物の接ぎ木から医学の「接種」へ意味が拡張した。関連語: ocular（眼の）、binocular（双眼鏡）。
Inoculated is the past-tense and past-participle form of inoculate. Inoculate comes through Latin inoculare, “to graft or implant a bud,” built from in-, “in or into,” and oculus, literally “eye” and also used for a plant bud. The term first referred to grafting plants; its sense later expanded to introducing biological material into a body or culture, including vaccination.
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