Found 2 items, similar to Vaccinia.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vaccinia
vaccinia
n 1: 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 [syn:
vaccina,
variola vaccine,
variola vaccinia
,
variola vaccina]
2: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease
affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans
against smallpox [syn:
cowpox]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vaccinia
Vaccinia
\Vac*cin"i*a\, n. [NL. See
Vaccine.] (Med.)
Cowpox; vaccina. See
Cowpox.
[1913 Webster]