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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 | ||
vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina | ||
infection (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure |