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Vaccinia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See cowpox.

n. The usually mild, cutaneous and sometimes systemic reaction in individuals who have been inoculated with smallpox vaccine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An infection of cowpox; or the virus which causes this infection

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Cowpox; vaccina. See cowpox.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A specific eruptive disease occurring in cattle, especially in milch cows.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

n. 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

Word Usage

"(The smallpox vaccine is based on a live virus called vaccinia, which is closely related to the smallpox virus and protects against it, but normally does not cause disease itself.)"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

pox animal disease

Variant

cowpox

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cowpox

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Armenia Eugenia Herminia Robinia Sardinia

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

chicken pox rubella poliomyelitis glanders polio