Cowpox

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A mild contagious skin disease of cattle, usually affecting the udder, that is caused by a virus and characterized by the eruption of a pustular rash. When the virus is transmitted to humans, as by vaccination, it can confer immunity to smallpox. Also called vaccinia.
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  • n. A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vaccine disease which appears on the teats of a cow, in the form of vesicles of a blue color, approaching to livid.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pox    animal disease   
    Variant
    kinepox    cowpock    kinepock   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vaccinia   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rum-and-water    vaccinia   
     
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