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Dictionary definition for the word "vaccinia"
vaccinia
(noun)
2 definitions 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] |
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