COWPOX

Meaning of COWPOX in English

[noun] [U] - a viral disease in cattle that results in the formation on the skin of small swellings containing liquidThe cowpox virus was used in the past to vaccinate humans against smallpox.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

COWPOX — noun Date: 1798 a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus (species Cowpox virus of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COWPOX — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -es ) 1. : a mild eruptive disease of cattle (as cows) that when communicated to man …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COWPOX — (n.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from …
Английский словарь Webster
COWPOX — ( n. ) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWPOX — /kow"poks'/ , n. Vet. Pathol. an eruptive disease appearing on the teats and udders of cows, in which small pustules …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COWPOX — n. cow disease which contains a virus used in the vaccination of humans against small pox
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COWPOX — noun Date: 1798 : a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus (species Cowpox virus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COWPOX — noun a pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from …
Webster English vocab
COWPOX — ■ noun a viral disease of cows' udders which can be contracted by humans and resembles mild smallpox.
Concise Oxford English vocab
COWPOX — [cow.pox] n (1798): a mild eruptive disease of the cow that when communicated to humans protects against smallpox
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COWPOX — also called vaccinia mildly eruptive disease of cows that when transmitted to otherwise healthy humans produces immunity to smallpox. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
COWPOX — cowpox BrE AmE ˈkaʊ pɒks AmE \ -pɑːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COWPOX — / ˈkaʊpɒks; NAmE -pɑːks/ noun [ U ] a disease caused by a virus, which affects cows and can infect …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COWPOX — n. a disease of cows, of which the virus was formerly used in vaccination against smallpox.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COWPOX — n. a disease of cows, of which the virus was formerly used in vaccination against smallpox.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COWPOX — n. a disease of cows, of which the virus was formerly used in vaccination against smallpox.
Oxford English vocab
COWPOX — коровий оспа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWPOX — Коровья оспа
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COWPOX — коровий оспа
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COWPOX — коровья оспа, вакцина
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
COWPOX — коровий оспа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWPOX — коровий оспа
Англо-Русский словарь
COWPOX — n. Pronunciation: ' kau ̇ - ˌ päks Function: noun Date: 1798 : a mild eruptive disease of the cow …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COWPOX — коровья оспа
English-Russian Online Dictionary
FALSE COWPOX — noun see cowpox
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VACCINE — noun Etymology: French vaccin, from ~ cowpox, from New Latin vaccina (in variolae vaccinae cowpox), from Latin, feminine of vaccinus, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JENNER, EDWARD — born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Jan. 26, 1823, Berkeley English surgeon, discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. He …
Английский словарь Британика
VACCINE — I. (ˈ)vak|sēn sometimes ˈvaksə̇n adjective Etymology: Latin vaccinus of or from cows, from vacca cow + -inus -ine; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VACCINIA — vakˈsinēə noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, from vaccinus + -ia : cowpox ; especially : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VACCINIA — (n.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
Английский словарь Webster
VACCINIA — ( n. ) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JENNER, EDWARD — born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Jan. 26, 1823, Berkeley English surgeon and discoverer of vaccination for smallpox. …
Britannica English vocabulary
JENNER, EDWARD — born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Jan. 26, 1823, Berkeley English surgeon, discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. He …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Cambridge English vocab

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