See Also: prizefighter(dictionary)

inoculum (iou) and prizefighter (iou)


inoculum (iou)



inoculum noun. . E20.
[from Latin inoculare INOCULATE after coagulum.]
(A quantity of) infective material used for or capable of inoculating an organism or culture medium.

prizefighter (iou)



prizefighter noun. E18.
[Orig. from PRIZE noun3 + FIGHTER, from phr. fight a prize; now assoc. with PRIZE noun1.]
Orig., a person who engaged in a public boxing-match. Now, a professional boxer, esp. an unlicensed one.
prizefighting noun E18.