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vaccinia

vac·cin·i·a [ vak sínnee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
skin eruption following inoculation: a skin eruption in reaction to inoculation with the weakened cowpox virus that was once used to vaccinate people against smallpox

[Early 19th century. < modern Latin< Latin vaccinus (see vaccine)]

vac·cin·i·al adjective
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