noun · uncountable · rare

cowpox

коровья оспа, вакцина

Kuhpocken

A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus…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.

» Jenner noticed that milkmaids who contracted cowpox seemed to be immune to smallpox.

Meaning

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(uncountable, usually)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.
Kuhpocken
коро́вья о́спаkoróvʹja óspa, вакци́наvakcína
a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

Examples

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Jenner noticed that milkmaids who contracted cowpox seemed to be immune to smallpox.
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The case created a great stir in the hospital, and one doctor who saw it remarked, ‘So that is true cowpox!’
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