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Vaccinia

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Noun

1. vaccina, vaccinia, 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

2. cowpox, vaccinia

a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

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Vaccinia

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noun
a technical name for cowpox

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Vaccinia

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noun
cowpox

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Vaccinia

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n.
1. See cowpox.
2. The usually mild, cutaneous and sometimes systemic reaction in individuals who have been inoculated with smallpox vaccine.

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