VacciniaWordNet Explorer
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a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
a disease that typically does not affect human beings
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
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
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion