vaccinia

  • 11vaccinia immune globulin — (VIG) [USP] a specific immune globulin derived from blood of human donors immunized with vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine; used for prophylaxis and treatment of vaccinia or smallpox. Formerly called vaccinia immune human g …

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  • 12vaccinia CEA vaccine — A vaccine made by putting the gene for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) into the vaccinia virus. The vaccinia virus is related to the virus used to make the smallpox vaccine. CEA is a tumor marker. The vaccinia CEA vaccine may help the immune… …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 13vaccinia-TRICOM vaccine — A cancer vaccine made with a form of a vaccinia virus that does not cause disease in humans. It is being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. The virus is changed in the laboratory to make human proteins that may help immune cells in …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 14vaccinia virus — noun see vaccinia …

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  • 15vaccinia palpebral — Eng. Vaccinia of the eyelid Enfermedad producida por un virus DNA semejante al de la viruela responsable de lesiones umbilicadas con un centro necrótico que aparecen en el borde palpebral de los niños, por inoculación directa o autoinoculación a… …

    Diccionario de oftalmología

  • 16vaccinia virus — a virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus that does not occur in nature, being propagated only in the laboratory. It is used to prepare vaccine against smallpox and is also used as in research as a vector for antigens of other microorganisms. The… …

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  • 17vaccinia — Virus of the Orthopoxvirus family used in vaccination against smallpox. Related to, but not identical to, cowpox virus. Also used as a vector for introducing DNA into animal cells …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 18vaccinia — noun An infection of cowpox; or the virus which causes this infection …

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  • 19vaccinia — vac·cin·i·a || væk sɪnɪə n. cowpox disease …

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  • 20vaccinia — [vak sɪnɪə] noun Medicine cowpox, or the virus causing it. Origin C19: mod. L., from L. vaccinus (see vaccine) …

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