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 Not sure about the etymology of the word vaccination. Vaccinia? is a term for cowpox so probably vaccination is derived from it. Kpjas

Indeed. And the phrase Vaccinia is derived from the word for Cow. Can't remember whether its latin or Greek though.
Vacca is Latin for a cow. AFAIR


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