noun
- 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.
- synonyms: vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
- A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox.
- synonyms: cowpox
- Evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries.
- synonyms: Vaccinium, genus Vaccinium
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