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vaccinia

noun

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Latin root: vaccinus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about vaccinia at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An infection of cowpox.
  2. A virus which causes this infection (Orthpoxvirus vaccinia).
  3. A closely related poxvirus, used as a smallpox vaccine.

Origin

From Latin vaccinus + -ia.

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Related Words: cowpoxvariolavaccinevaccinavaccininecowpoxvirusvacciolationvaccicidevariolovaccinefowlpoxvaricella

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