retrovaccination

noun

ret·​ro·​vaccination

¦re‧trō+,

sometimes ¦rē‧trō+

: vaccination in which smallpox virus from human vesicles is used as seed virus in producing smallpox vaccine in cattle

Word History

Etymology

retro- + vaccination

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