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Detailed Synonyms for variola vaccine in English
variola vaccine:
variola vaccine [the ~] noun
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the variola vaccine
– 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 1the vaccinia; the variola vaccina; the variola vaccine; the variola vaccinia; the 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 1