English Explanatory Dictionary

vacciolate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To innoculate with cowpox (the vacciolous virus) in order to produce immunity to smallpox.

Word forms

vacciolate vacciolates vacciolating vacciolated

Etymology

Coined in 1802 by Dr. John Walker, from vacciolous + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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