Meaning of Vaccinia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An infection of cowpox.
   countable, uncountable
2. A virus which causes this infection (Orthpoxvirus vaccinia).
   broadly, countable, uncountable
3. A closely related poxvirus, used as a smallpox vaccine.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“On the other hand, Professor Heim inquired minutely into all the circumstances of the case, and says he is convinced of the variolation of the cow, and of the transmission from her of a disease similar to vaccinia.”

“Since then, a handful of vaccinia cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including one, described in the May 4 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, of vulvar infection in an Alaskan woman whose sex partner was a serviceman.”

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