cowpox

cowpox
(kou-poks') s. m.
Eruption qui se manifeste sur les trayons des vaches, et qui contient le virus vaccin, préservatif de la petite vérole.
   Angl. cow-pox, de cow, vache, et pox, bouton, éruption.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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  • cowpox — /kow poks /, n. Vet. Pathol. an eruptive disease appearing on the teats and udders of cows, in which small pustules form that contain a virus used in the vaccination of humans against smallpox. [1790 1800; COW1 + POX] * * * ▪ disease also called… …   Universalium

  • cowpox — cow·pox kau̇ .päks n a mild eruptive disease of the cow that is caused by a poxvirus of the genus Orthopoxvirus (species Cowpox virus) and that when communicated to humans protects against smallpox called also variola vaccinia * * * n. a virus… …   Medical dictionary

  • cowpox — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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