variola vaccine
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.state) |
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