vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vaccina (uncountable)
Alternative form of vaccinia (“cowpox”)
Source: Wiktionary
Vac*ci"na, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Definition: Vaccinia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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