variola vaccinia

Noun variola vaccinia has 1 sense

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