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Cowpox
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vaccinia
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Wikipedia
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Vaccinia virus ( VACV or VV ) is a large, complex, enveloped virus belonging to the poxvirus family. It has a linear, double-stranded DNA genome approximately 190 kbp in length, and which encodes approximately 250 genes . The dimensions of the virion are ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar [syn: vaccina , variola vaccine , variola vaccinia , variola vaccina ] a ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vaccinia \Vac*cin"i*a\, n. [NL. See Vaccine .] (Med.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) An infection of cowpox 2 by extension, the virus which causes this infection
Usage examples of vaccinia.
Space had been found for the transplanted material in a gene of vaccinia called thymidine kinase, and it multiplied along with its new host.
Eventually, the cowpox vaccine was replaced by one made with the vaccinia virus, which produced fewer side effects.
And we're going to treat you to a little vaccinia immune globulin, too, for good measure.