English Explanatory Dictionary

vaccinia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An infection of cowpox.
  2. A virus which causes this infection (Orthpoxvirus vaccinia).
  3. A closely related poxvirus, used as a smallpox vaccine.

Word forms

vaccinia vaccinias

Etymology

From Latin vaccinus + -ia.

Related words

Vaccinia vaccine vaccination
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