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Variola(medicine)
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variola vaccinia (medicine) and spaghetti (iou)


variola vaccinia (medicine)


variola vaccinia -->
vaccinia
<dermatology> The cutaneous and sometimes systemic reactions associated with vaccination with smallpox vaccine.


spaghetti (iou)



spaghetti noun. M19.
[Italian, pl. of dim. of spago string.]
Pasta in the form of long solid threads, between macaroni and vermicelli in thickness; an Italian dish consisting largely of this and usu. a sauce. M19.
vegetable spaghetti: see VEGETABLE adjective.
transf.: Times The complicated spaghetti of wires inside a telephone cable.
Complex roadways forming a multi-level junction, esp. on a roadway. colloq. M20.
Canal & Riverboat Under the motorway spaghetti is a canal crossroads.
An Italian. slang. derog. M20.
Comb. & phrases: spaghetti Bolognese spaghetti served with a sauce of minced beef, tomato, onion, etc.; spaghetti bowl a network of pipelines constructed to carry materials between petrochemical companies on the Gulf Coast of the US; spaghetti house, (US) spaghetti joint colloq. a restaurant serving varieties of pasta, esp. spaghetti; spaghetti junction colloq. a complex multi-level road junction, esp. on a motorway; spaghetti shoulder-strap a thin shoulder-strap on a dress etc.; spaghetti squash = vegetable spaghetti s.v. VEGETABLE adjective; spaghetti strap = spaghetti shoulder-strap above; spaghetti tongs: having small teeth on the end to lift and separate strands of cooked spaghetti; spaghetti tubing colloq. tubular insulation for electrical wire; spaghetti western a western Film made cheaply in Europe by an Italian director.