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Webster 1913 Edition


Cowpox

Cow′poxˊ

(-pŏksˊ)
,
Noun.
(Med.)
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
.
Dunglison.