eczema vaccinatum
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~ a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles
proteosome vaccine
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~ a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
pneumococcal vaccine
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~ vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus
poliovirus vaccine
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~ vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Salk vaccine
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~ a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Sabin vaccine
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~ an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
oral poliovirus vaccine
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~ an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
vaccine
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~ immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine
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~ an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
DPT vaccine
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~ abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
vaccinee
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~ a patient who has been vaccinated
progressive vaccinia
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~ a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
vaccinia gangrenosa
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~ a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
vaccinia
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~ a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
vaccinia
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~ 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
Quercus vaccinifolia
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~ a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
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~ low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries
Vaccinium ashei
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~ shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry
Vaccinium arboreum
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~ shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
Vaccinium oxycoccus
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~ small red-fruited trailing cranberry of Arctic and cool regions of the northern hemisphere