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vaccinia

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

vaccinia(n = noun.state) vaccina, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia - a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar; Array

has particulars: progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa

is a kind of infection

vaccinia(n = noun.state) cowpox - a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox; Array

is a kind of pox, animal disease

vaccinia, n. [NL. See Vaccine.].

Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox. [1913 Webster]

vaccinia, n. Med. a virus used as a vaccine against smallpox.

Etymology

mod.L (as VACCINE)

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