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cowpox Definition

cow·pox (ko̵u′päks′)

noun

a contagious viral disease of cows that causes pustules on the udders: people inoculated with a vaccine containing the virus of cowpox become temporarily immune to smallpox

cowpox Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: Jenner identified that she had caught cowpox from the cows she handled each day.

Modifies a noun

  • virus: For instance, Edward Jenner made the first successful vaccination in 1796 against smallpox by immunizing a patient with the cowpox virus.
  • vaccine: Smallpox vaccination for infants over four months using Jenner's cowpox vaccine was made compulsory by the government in 1853.

Browse dictionary entries near cowpox

  1. ‹ cowpoke
  2. ‹ Cowper's gland
  3. ‹ Cowper
  4. ‹ cowpea
  5. ‹ cowpat
  6. ‹ cowman
  7. ‹ cowlstaff
  8. ‹ cowling
  9. ‹ cowlick
  10. ‹ Cowley
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