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Definition of Cowpox
1. Noun. A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox.
Definition of Cowpox
1. n. 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.
Definition of Cowpox
1. Noun. (pathology) A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowpox
1. a cattle disease [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Cowpox
1. A mild, eruptive skin disease of milk cows caused by cowpox virus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur while milking an infected animal. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowpox
Literary usage of Cowpox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"Extent of Inoculation with cowpox or Smallpox, 1801-1825. \ Twenty-five years
had now passed since cowpox became the rival or substitute of the old matter ..."
2. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1905)
"Indeed, the following facts seem to prove that at least cowpox and variola are
very closely related diseases, if not the same disease: First, smallpox virus ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Apart from the numerous original cases of cowpox alleged to have been found in
Wurtemberg, the first new authentic source was the Fassy cow of 1836. ..."
4. The Story of a Great Delusion in a Series of Matter-of-fact Chapters by William White (1885)
"In promotion of smallpox cow- pox, however, Jenner's most extravagant claims were
revived. In Mr. Simon's words, for the recipient of smallpox cowpox, ..."
5. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"cowpox is a germ disease that attacks cows particularly, in the skin in the ...
cowpox can be transmitted to man by direct inoculation, as by sores on the ..."
6. Infectious Diseases by James Cornelius Wilson, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"Natural cowpox is a rare disease. When it appears in a herd it is communicated
from one cow to the others by the milkers. When the latter contract it, ..."
7. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Vaccinia (cowpox and Vaccination) The nature of this disease of cattle has been
... Vaccine virus is usually obtained from calves suffering from cowpox, ..."
8. Production and Inspection of Milk by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station (1912)
"cowpox.—cowpox also known as variola of cattle is a contagious disease of cattle
which ... The contagion of cowpox is not spread except by actual contact. ..."
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