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VACCINIA GANGRENOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vaccinia gangrenosa mean?
• VACCINIA GANGRENOSA (noun)
The noun VACCINIA GANGRENOSA has 1 sense:
1. a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
Familiarity information: VACCINIA GANGRENOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
progressive vaccinia; vaccinia gangrenosa
Hypernyms ("vaccinia gangrenosa" is a kind of...):
vaccina; vaccinia; variola vaccina; variola vaccine; variola vaccinia (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)
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