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    PROGRESSIVE VACCINIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesionplay

    Synonyms:

    progressive vaccinia; vaccinia gangrenosa

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("progressive vaccinia" is a kind of...):

    vaccina; vaccinia; variola vaccina; variola vaccine; variola vaccinia (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)

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