vaccinia

noun

a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder

a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox

Roots

vaccavaccin- · Latin · cow (cowpox)ia-ia · Latin · condition

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