VACCINIA

cowpox, vaccinia

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

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


Etymology

Noun

vaccinia (countable and uncountable, plural vaccinias)

(medicine) An infection of cowpox.

(by extension) The virus which causes this infection.

Source: Wiktionary


Vac*cin"i*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Vaccine.] (Med.)

Definition: Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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