vaccinia

Meanings

Plural: vaccinias

Noun

• 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
• a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
• An infection of cowpox.
• The virus which causes this infection.

Synonyms

cowpox, vaccina, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia