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cowpox |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cowpox \Cow"pox`\ (-p[o^]ks`), n. (Med.) 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}. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cowpox n : a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; used to innoculate humans against smallpox [syn: {vaccinia}]
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