vaccinia
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- noun
- /væˈsɪniə/
- Specialized
:
vacunación
- After vaccination, some people may experience mild symptoms of vaccinia due to the body's immune response.
- case of vaccinia
- progressive vaccinia
Examples
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The development of vaccinia lesions can occur in individuals who have been vaccinated with the cowpox virus.
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Vaccinia is used in smallpox vaccinations to help the body build immunity against the vaccinia virus.
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From May 31 to June 2, he was treated in the infirmary at Camp Nicholls, Louisiana, for vaccinia.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
A local infection caused by cowpox that protects against smallpox and leaves a small pitted scar
A local skin infection from cowpox given to protect against smallpox, leaving a scar
An infection from cowpox virus given to people to protect them from smallpox
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious skin infection after smallpox vaccination that grows steadily and can be fatal in people with weak immune systems
- Specialized
A severe infection after vaccination that makes skin at the site die in people with weak immune systems
- Specialized
A local infection caused by cowpox that protects against smallpox and leaves a small pitted scar
Surface Forms
Morphology
vaccinia = vaccine (semi-transparent) = vaccin + ia
Related in form to 'vaccine' but denotes a specific clinical/biological entity (a local infection or the virus) that is technical and not directly inferable by learners from 'vaccine' alone.
Etymology
Vaccinia comes from the Latin vacca 'cow', because the local infection came from cowpox used in early vaccination. So when someone has vaccinia after a shot, it is the small, cow-related reaction or infection caused by the vaccine virus.