COWPOX


Meaning of COWPOX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkau̇-ˌpäks ]

noun

Date: 1798

: a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus (species Cowpox virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus ) and that when communicated to humans protects against smallpox

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