Vaccinia virus


vaccinia virus n.
A virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus used in the immunization against smallpox.

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    vacciniform vac·cin·i·form (vāk-sĭn’ə-fôrm’) adj. Of or resembling vaccinia.

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    [vak-suh-nuh-zey-shuh n] /ˌvæk sə nəˈzeɪ ʃən/ noun, Medicine/Medical. 1. a vaccination produced by a series of virus inoculations. vaccinization vac·ci·ni·za·tion (vāk’sə-nĭ-zā’shən) n. Vaccination repeated at short intervals until the antigen produces no response.

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    noun 1. the science of vaccine development. vaccinology (vāk’sə-nŏl’ə-jē) The scientific study of vaccine development.

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