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smallpox vaccine

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smallpox vaccine [′smȯl‚päks vak‚sēn]
(immunology)
A vaccine prepared from a glycerinated suspension of the exudate from cowpox vesicles obtained from healthy vaccinated calves or sheep. Also known as antismallpox vaccine; glycerinated vaccine virus; Jennerian vaccine; virus vaccinium.


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