HyperDic: variola_vaccina

English > 1 sense of the expression variola vaccina:
NOUNstatevariola vaccina, vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vacciniaa local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox
English > variola vaccina: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsvaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia
Narrowerprogressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosaA severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency
BroaderinfectionThe pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

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