Vaccina \Vac*ci"na\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Vaccinia.
vaccina
n : a local infection induced in humans by innoculation with the
virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to
smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted
scar [syn: {vaccinia}, {variola vaccine}, {variola
vaccinia}, {variola vaccina}]