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Detailed Synonyms for vaccinia in English
vaccinia:
vaccinia [the ~] nom
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the vaccinia
– a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox 1 -
the 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 1the variola vaccine; the vaccinia; the variola vaccinia; the variola vaccina; the vaccina– 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 1