cowpock

2 definitions found

cowpock - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cowpox \Cow"pox`\ (-p[o^]ks`), n. (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.
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  Cowpock \Cow"pock`\ (-p[o^]k`), n.
     See Cowpox. --Dunglison.
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