vaccinia

Noun vaccinia has 2 senses

• vaccinia(n = noun.state) vaccina, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia - 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; Array
has particulars: progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa
is a kind of infection

• vaccinia(n = noun.state) cowpox - a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox; Array
is a kind of pox, animal disease