COWPOX

Meaning of COWPOX in English

/ ˈkaʊpɒks; NAmE -pɑːks/ noun

[ U ] a disease caused by a virus, which affects cows and can infect humans. The virus was used in making vaccines against smallpox .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 — [noun] [U] - a viral disease in cattle that results in the formation on the skin of small swellings containing …
Cambridge 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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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