cowpox

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noun

A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.

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kine-poxvaccinia
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Meanings

nouncowpox (usually uncountable, plural cowpoxes)

plural cowpoxes

  1. uncountableusuallyA pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.

    Synonyms: kine-pox

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.

Similar
kine-pox

More synonyms by meaning

nouna viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

Similar
vaccinia
Broader
animal diseasepox
Also see
vaccinia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cow + pox.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 牛痘
  • 牛痘 (niúdòu)a skin disease
Finnish lehmänrokko
  • lehmänrokkoa skin disease
French vaccine, cowpox
  • vaccinea skin disease
  • cowpoxa skin disease
German Kuhpocken
  • Kuhpockena skin disease
Irish bolgach bó
  • bolgach bóa skin disease
Japanese 牛痘
  • 牛痘 (gyūtō)a skin disease
Persian آبله گاوی
  • آبله گاوی (âbele-ye gâvi)a skin disease
Polish krowianka
  • krowiankaa skin disease
Portuguese varíola bovina, vacínia
  • varíola bovinaa skin disease
  • vacíniaa skin disease
Russian коро́вья о́спа, вакци́на
  • коро́вья о́спа (koróvʹja óspa)a skin disease
  • вакци́на (vakcína)a skin disease
Spanish viruela bovina
  • viruela bovinaa skin disease
Swedish kokoppor
  • kokoppora skin disease
Welsh brech y fuwch, cowpog
  • brech y fuwcha skin disease
  • cowpoga skin disease
Cite this entry
APA

cowpox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpox

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“cowpox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpox. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowpox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpox.

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