variola-vaccinia

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 vaccina, variola vaccine,

Synonyms

vaccina vaccinia variola vaccina variola vaccine

Words of close approximity

variola vaccina variola vaccine