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PROGRESSIVE VACCINIA
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
progressive vaccinia; vaccinia gangrenosa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("progressive vaccinia" 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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