variola-vaccina

Nouns

  • (n) 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 vaccina, vaccinia, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia,

Synonyms

vaccina vaccinia variola vaccine variola vaccinia

Words of close approximity

variola vaccine
variola vaccine