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Definition of Vaccinia

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

Definition of Vaccinia

1. n. Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

2. n. Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

Definition of Vaccinia

1. cowpox [n -S] - See also: cowpox

Medical Definition of Vaccinia

1. The cutaneous and sometimes systemic reactions associated with vaccination with smallpox vaccine. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vaccinia

vaccination vaccination vaccinations vaccinator vaccinator vaccinators vaccine vaccine vaccinee vaccinees

vaccines vaccines vaccine bodies vaccine lymph vaccinia (current term) vaccinia (current term) vaccinial vaccinial vaccinias vaccinia gangrenosa

vaccinia gangrenosa vaccinia virus vacciniform vaccinist vaccinium Vaccinium Vaccinium angustifolium Vaccinium arboreum Vaccinium ashei Vaccinium caespitosum

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