vaccinialadj.
/vakˈsɪnɪəl/, U.S. /vækˈsɪniəl/ Medicine.
Of or relating to vaccinia or (in later use) vaccinia virus.
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1845 J. Bell tr. P. Rayer Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 172/2 Incisions [as a method of vaccination] are frequently followed by cutaneous inflammation, not vaccinial [Fr. vaccinales] in its nature.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 572 A generalized vaccinial eruption has been produced in children who had sucked their vaccination pocks.
1944 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 737/2 Secondary vaccinial lesions due to auto-inoculation or to the contaminated fingers of an attendant may also occur.
2003 Clin. Infectious Dis. 37 282/1 Vaccinial virulence is apparently strain dependent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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