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noun
An infection of cowpox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A virus which causes this infection (Orthpoxvirus vaccinia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
A closely related poxvirus, used as a smallpox vaccine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cowpox
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pox, animal disease
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infection
Narrower terms: progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa
History
From Latin vaccinus + -ia.
