vaccinia - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

Synonyms

• cowpox
• vaccinia

More generic

• animal disease
• pox

Noun

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

Synonyms

• vaccina
• vaccinia
• variola vaccina
• variola vaccine
• variola vaccinia

More generic

• infection

More specific

• progressive vaccinia
• vaccinia gangrenosa

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