vaccina

2 definitions found

vaccina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vaccina \Vac*ci"na\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
     Vaccinia.
     [1913 Webster]

vaccina - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vaccina
      n 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 [syn: vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine,
           variola vaccinia, variola vaccina]