Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vaccinia

2 senses of vaccinia

Sense 1
vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina -- (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)
       => infection -- (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Sense 2
cowpox, vaccinia -- (a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox)
       => animal disease -- (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
       => pox -- (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)