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VAGINA 



V. Abbreviation of Vision, or Acuity of Vision. Also, 

 the symbol of Vanadium. 



V accigenous(w? k-sif ' -en-us)[vaccinus , of a cow ; yevvav, 

 to produce]. Producing or cultivating vaccine-virus. 



Vaccin {vak' -sin) [vacca, a cow]. See Vaccine. 



Vaccina {yak-si' -nah). Same as Vaccinia. 



Vaccinable {vak'- sin- a - bl) [vaccinus, of a cow]. 

 Susceptible of successful vaccination. 



Vaccinal {vak'-sin-al) [yacca, a cow]. Pertaining to 

 vaccination or to vaccine. 



Vaccinate (yak'-sin-at) \yaccinare , to vaccinate]. To 

 inoculate with vaccine-virus in such a way as to pro- 

 duce cowpox. 



Vaccination {vak - sin - a'- shun) [vacca, a cow]. In- 

 oculation of the body with the virus of a pustular 

 disease of bovidoe, called cowpox, in order to protect 

 from or modify the virulence of smallpox. V., Ani- 

 mal. See V, Bovine. V., Arm-to-arm, that 

 method of vaccination in which the virus is carried from 

 the arm of one patient to that of another. V., Bovine, 

 that practised by the aid of vaccine-lymph cultivated in 

 bovine animals. V., Compulsory, the law compelling 

 the vaccination of infants within a certain period after 

 birth. V.-rash, a rash sometimes following vaccina- 

 tion ; it is usually transitory but sometimes assumes an 

 eczematous or erythematous form. It may also be 

 syphilitic. V. -syphilis. ' See Vaccino-syphilis. 



Vaccinationist {vak - sin - a / - shun - ist ) [vaccinare, to 

 vaccinate]. One who depends upon or believes in the 

 efficacy of vaccination as a preventive of smallpox. 



Vaccinator {yak'-sin-a-tor) [vaccinare, to vaccinate]. 

 One who vaccinates ; an instrument used in vaccinating. 



Vaccine {yak' -sen) [yacca, cow]. The lymph occur- 

 ring within the eruptive vesicle of cowpox. V., Bo- 

 vine, that derived from the vesicles of heifers. V.- 

 farm, a farm upon which vaccine-virus is systematically 

 produced and collected. V., Humanized, that from 

 vaccinal vesicles of man. V., Lichen, the most com- 

 mon eruption consequent upon vaccination. It may be 

 either papular, papulo-vesicular, or pustular, and very 

 rarely bullous. It appears between the fourth and the 

 eighteenth day, most frequently on the eighth ; begins 

 on the arms usually, though it may commence on 

 the face, neck, or trunk, and appears in successive crops 

 covering the greater portion of the body. The pap- 

 ules are acuminate, pin's-point sized, and bright-red; 

 usually discrete, but they may coalesce into patches. 

 The rash lasts from a few days to a week or two. V.- 

 lymph. See Vaccine. V. -point, a slip of quill or 

 bone coated at one end with vaccine-lymph. V. -virus, 

 the same prepared for use in vaccination. 



Vaccinella {vak - sin - el 1 '- ah) [vacca, cow]. The sec- 

 ondary eruption sometimes following cowpox ; spu- 

 rious vaccinia ; a sore that sometimes follows vaccina- 

 tion, but is not genuine cowpox. 



Vaccinia {yak-sin' -e-ah) [vacca, cow]. Cowpox. If 

 the human subject be inoculated with cowpox, a small 

 papule appears at the site of inoculation in from one to 

 three clays, which becomes a vesicle about the fifth day, 

 and at the end of the first week is pustular, umbilicated, 

 and surrounded by a red areola. Desiccation begins in 

 the second week and a scab forms, which soon falls off, 

 leaving a pitted cicatrix. 



Vaccinic {vak - sin' - ik) [vacca, cow]. Pertaining to 

 vaccine, or to vaccinia. 



Vaccinifer {vak-sin'-if-er) [vaccinus, of a cow ; ferre, 

 to bear]. A person or animal from whom vaccine- 

 virus is taken ; a vaccine-point. 



Vacciniform {yak - sin'- if- oriti) [vaccinus, of a cow ; 

 forma, form]. Resembling vaccinia. 



Vacciniola {vak-sin-i' -o-lah) [dim. of vaccinia']. A 

 secondary eruption, resembling, and sometimes follow- 

 ing, vaccinia. It may closely resemble the eruption of 

 smallpox. 



Vaccinist {yak' -sin-ist ) [vaccinus, of a cow] . A prac- 

 tiser, or defender, of vaccination ; one who believes in 

 the efficacy of vaccination. 



Vaccinium {vak-sin' -e-um) [vaccinus, of a cow]. A 

 genus of ericaceous plants to which belong the cran- 

 berry, blueberry, bilberry, etc., of many species. See 

 Cranberry and Brousnika. V. crassifolium, a plant 

 having therapeutic properties resembling those of uva 

 ursi. It is useful in catarrhal inflammations of the 

 urinary tract. Dose of the fid. ext. rt^xxx-^j. Unof. 



Vaccinization {vak-sin-iz-a' -shun) [vaccinare, to vac- 

 cinate]. Thorough vaccination by inoculations, re- 

 peated frequently, with the view of establishing com- 

 plete immunity to smallpox. 



Vaccinogen {vak-sin' -o-jen) [vaccinus, of a cow ; 



to produce] . The person or animal from whicn, 01 

 from whom, vaccine-virus is taken. 



Vaccinogenous {yak-sin-oj ' -en-us). See Vaccig 



Vaccinoid {vak'-sin-oid) [vaccinus, of a cow; 

 like]. Resembling vaccinia. 



Vaccinophobia {yak-sin- o-fo'- be -ah) [vaccinus, of d 

 cow ; (pofiog, fear]. Morbid dread of vaccination. 



Vaccino-syphilis {vak-sin-o-sif -il-is) [vaccinu 

 cow; syphilis, syphilis]. Syphilis conveyed b) 

 cination. 



Vacuolar {vak'-u-o-lar) [vacuolum, vacuum, vac 

 Pertaining to or of the nature of a vacuole. 



Vacuolation {yak-u-o la' '-shun) [vacuolum, a vai 

 The first stage in the process of vascularizatioi 

 clot, in which cracks and fissures appear in it 

 cording to W. Hunter, vacuolation appears in 

 clots as early as the tenth day. 



Vacuole {vak'-u-ol) [vacuum, an empty space' 

 biology : {a) a vesicle in the protoplasm of a proti 

 either pe rmanent or contractile {pulsating). It is 

 times spoken of as gastric, from having in some 

 direct connection with the function of digestion; (i 

 the cavity in a plant-cell containing cell-sap. 



Vacuolization {vak-u-o-liz-a' -shuti) [vacuolum, 

 ole]. The formation of vacuoles, such as sometim 

 takes place in diseased tissues. 



Vacuum (yak'-u-um) [L. ]. A space from which tl 

 air has been exhausted. V. -plate, in dentistry, 

 applied to a plate on which artificial teeth arc moi 

 having an air chamber to assist in its retention in t 

 mouth. 



Vadum {va'-dum) [L. , a shallow], A shallow in I 1 

 depths of any fissure of the brain, commonly ir. 

 central nearer the dorsal end. It represents a possilj 

 isthmus or complete interruption. 



Vagabonds' Disease, or Discoloration. Par* 

 Melanoderma; a pathologic condition of til 

 which it takes on a deep-brown tint, resembling tj 

 of Addison's disease. It results from chronic irfitatij 

 from pedk'uli. 



Vagal {va'-gal) [vagare, to wander]. Pertaining 

 the vagus nerve. 



Vagina [va - ji' - nah) [1,., a sheath]. Tin- nnivu 

 membranous canal extending from the vulval open 

 to the cervix uteri, the organ ol copulation in the 

 male, the excretory canal lot uterine seeretii 

 part of the birth canal. In 1 iology, the terra i v 



