variola vaccina

Noun

1.

variola vaccina - 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 Synonyms: vaccina, vaccinia, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia

infection, progressive vaccinia, vaccina, vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia