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Vaccinia

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Vaccinias
possessive
Vaccinia's
pluralpossessive
Vaccinias'