Vaccinia

Language: English
Pronunciation: vac-cin-ia
Part of Speech: noun

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"a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar"

"a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox"

"evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries"

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