PROGRESSIVE VACCINIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion

Synonyms:

progressive vaccinia; vaccinia gangrenosa

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("progressive vaccinia" is a kind of...):

vaccina; vaccinia; variola vaccina; variola vaccine; variola 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)

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