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vaccinia
 
Noun vaccinia has 2 senses
  1. vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina - a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
    --1 is a kind of infection
    --1 has particulars: progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa
  2. cowpox, vaccinia - a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
    --2 is a kind of animal disease; pox
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