cowpox

English

Cow pox pustules on a cow's udder

Etymology

From cow +‎ pox.

Noun

cowpox (usually uncountable, plural cowpoxes)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• kine-pox (archaic)

Derived terms

• cowpox virus
• pseudocowpox

Translations

a skin disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛痘 (zh) (niúdòu)

• Finnish: lehmänrokko
• French: vaccine (fr) f, cowpox (fr) m
• German: Kuhpocken (de) f pl
• Irish: bolgach bó f
• Japanese: 牛痘 (ja) (ぎゅうとう, gyūtō)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xurik (ku) f, xurika çêlekan

• Persian: آبله گاوی (fa) (âbele-ye gâvi)
• Polish: krowianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: varíola bovina f, vacínia f
• Russian: коро́вья о́спа f (koróvʹja óspa), вакци́на (ru) f (vakcína)
• Spanish: viruela bovina f
• Swedish: kokoppor (sv) pl
• Telugu: గోమశూచకము (te) (gōmaśūcakamu)
• Welsh: brech y fuwch f, cowpog m