Noun: variola vaccine
- 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
"The widespread use of the variola vaccine led to the global eradication of smallpox";
- vaccinia, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
Derived forms: variola vaccines
Type of: infection
Encyclopedia: Variola vaccine