Definition of cowpox
English to English noun - a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
source: WordNet 3.0 - A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock.
source: Webster 1913
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