vaccina n 1: 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 [syn: {vaccinia}, {vaccina}, {variola vaccine}, {variola vaccinia}, {variola vaccina}]
Vaccina \Vac*ci"na\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Vaccinia. [1913 Webster]