inoculus

发音

US /ɪˈnɒkjələs/

词形变化

inoculi 复数 inoculi

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Misconstruction of inoculum.

    罕用 生物

词源

By misremembering a neuter Latin noun as being a masculine one. The same error happens with others as well (for example, with *diverticulus/diverticuli for diverticulum/diverticula); it is relevant in scientific contexts where English uses many learned borrowings from New Latin.

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