VARIOLA VACCINA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("variola vaccina" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variola vaccina"):

progressive vaccinia; vaccinia gangrenosa (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)

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