Vaccina

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  vaccina
       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: {vaccinia}, {variola vaccine}, {variola
           vaccinia}, {variola vaccina}]