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Noun: variola vaccine
  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
    - vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina

Derived forms: variola vaccines

Type of: infection

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