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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vaccina \Vac*ci"na\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Vaccinia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vaccina n 1: 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 [syn: vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina]