Found 2 hits - Term: vaccinia, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vaccinia \vaccin"ia\, n. nl. see vaccine. med.
cowpox; vaccina. see cowpox.
1913 webster
see also:
vaccine cowpox
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vaccinia
n 1: a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the
virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to
smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted
scar syn: vaccina, variola vaccine, variola
vaccinia, variola vaccina
2: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease
affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans
against smallpox syn: cowpox
see also:
vaccina variola vaccine variola vaccinia variola vaccina cowpox
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