VACCINIA
\vaksˈɪni͡ə], \vaksˈɪniə], \v_a_k_s_ˈɪ_n_iə]\
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a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
By Princeton University
By Noah Webster.
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The cutaneous and occasional systemic reactions associated with vaccination using smallpox (variola) vaccine.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn. : cowpox. A disease of cattle, considered to be a modified form of smallpox. When this infection is communicated to man, either by accident or inoculation by proper methods of vaccination, it produces a marked immunity to smallpox, which in all probability lasts from five to seven years. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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