progressive vaccinia

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsvaccinia gangrenosa

   Broadervaccinia

Questions about progressive vaccinia

What does progressive vaccinia mean?

progressive vaccinia means "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".

What is another word for progressive vaccinia?

Close synonyms include vaccinia gangrenosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is progressive vaccinia a common word?

progressive vaccinia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.