vaccinia

vaccinia is a valid 8-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does vaccinia mean?

  • noun

    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

    a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

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