A form of immunization in which killed or weakened microorganisms are placed into the body, where antibodies against them are developed; if the same types of microorganisms enter the body again, they ...
Cowpox; also called Variola vaccina A disease originating in the cow, with which, if the human body be inoculated, it is preserved from the contagion of smallpox
An involuntary muscle spasm at the opening of the vagina when sexual intercourse is attempted; can be quite painful and may make sexual intercourse nearly impossible
A disease is characterized by fever, with pustules appearing from the third to fifth day, and suppurating from the eighth to the tenth, and it possesses all the distinctive properties of the major exa...
Alastrim or Cottonpox or Kaffir Milk Pox or Milkpox or Pseudovariola or Whitepox or West Indian Modified Smallpox; A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus; of low mortali...
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