Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vaccinia | Yes | No | No | No |
progressive vaccinia | Yes | No | No | No |
vaccinia (noun) | progressive vaccinia (noun) |
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a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion |
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 |