cowpox

English

Cow pox pustules on a cow's udder

Etymology

cow +‎ pox

Noun

cowpox (usually uncountable, plural cowpoxes)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• kine-pox (archaic)

Translations

a skin disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛痘 (zh) (niúdòu)

• Finnish: lehmänrokko
• French: vaccine (fr) f, cowpox (fr) m
• German: Kuhpocken (de) f pl
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• Irish: bolgach bó f
• Japanese: 牛痘 (ぎゅうとう, gyūtō)
• Kurdish:
• Polish: krowianka f
• Russian: коро́вья о́спа f (koróvʹja óspa), вакци́на (ru) f (vakcína)
• Welsh: brech y fuwch f, cowpog m