Lexic.us

Definition of Vaccinia

1. 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.

2. Noun. A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox.

Definition of Vaccinia

1. n. Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

2. n. Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

Definition of Vaccinia

1. Noun. (medicine) An infection of cowpox; or the virus which causes this infection ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Vaccinia

1. cowpox [n -S] - See also: cowpox

Medical Definition of Vaccinia

1. The cutaneous and sometimes systemic reactions associated with vaccination with smallpox vaccine. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vaccinia

vaccinates vaccinating vaccination vaccination mark vaccination marks vaccinationlike vaccinations vaccinator vaccinators vaccine

vaccine bodies vaccine lymph vaccinee vaccinees vaccines vaccinia (current term) vaccinia gangrenosa vaccinia virus vaccinial vaccinias

vacciniform vaccinist vaccinists vaccinium vacciniums vaccinization vaccinogen vaccinogenous vaccinoid vaccinoid reaction

Other Resources: