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I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.
Edward Jenner

Meaning of "cowpox" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COWPOX

cowpox  [ˈkaʊˌpɒks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COWPOX

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Cowpox is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COWPOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cowpox

Cowpox

The term cowpox refers to both the skin disease and the virus that causes it. The virus, part of the orthopoxvirus family, is so closely related to the vaccinia virus that the two are often spoken of interchangeably. The virus is zoonotic, or transferable from animal to human. The transferral of the disease was first observed in dairymaids who touched the udders of infected cows and consequently developed the signature pustules on their hands. Cowpox is more commonly found in animals other than bovines, such as rodents. Cowpox is similar to, but much milder than, the highly contagious and often deadly smallpox disease. Its close resemblance to the mild form of smallpox inspired the first smallpox vaccine, created and administered by English physician Edward Jenner. The word “vaccination,” coined by Jenner in 1796, is derived from the Latin root vaccinus, meaning of or from the cow. Once vaccinated, a patient develops antibodies that make him/her immune to cowpox, but they also develop immunity to the smallpox virus, or Variola virus.

Definition of cowpox in the English dictionary

The definition of cowpox in the dictionary is a contagious viral disease of cows characterized by vesicles on the skin, esp on the teats and udder. Inoculation of humans with this virus provides temporary immunity to smallpox. It can be transmitted to other species, esp cats.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COWPOX


box
bɒks
chickenpox
ˈtʃɪkɪnˌpɒks
cox
kɒks
fowlpox
ˈfaʊlˌpɒks
fox
fɒks
horsepox
ˈhɔːsˌpɒks
inbox
ˈɪnˌbɒks
jukebox
ˈdʒuːkˌbɒks
Knox
nɒks
locks
lɒks
orthodox
ˈɔːθəˌdɒks
ox
ɒks
pox
pɒks
rocks
rɒks
scrumpox
ˈskrʌmˌpɒks
smallpox
ˈsmɔːlˌpɒks
sox
sɒks
stocks
stɒks
swinepox
ˈswaɪnˌpɒks
waterpox
ˈwɔːtərˌpɒks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COWPOX

cowman
cowmen
cowp
cowpat
cowpea
Cowper
Cowper´s glands
cowpie
cowplop
cowpoke
cowpuncher
cowrie
cowries
cowrite
cowriter
cowry
cowshed
cowskin
cowslip
cowtown

WORDS THAT END LIKE COWPOX

black box
Botox
collection box
detox
equinox
gearbox
hotbox
hox
light box
lunchbox
mailbox
Nox
out of the box
paradox
PO box
sandbox
the box
the pox
vox
Xerox

Synonyms and antonyms of cowpox in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cowpox» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COWPOX

Find out the translation of cowpox to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cowpox from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cowpox» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牛痘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cowpox
570 millions of speakers

English

cowpox
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cowpox
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جدري البقر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коровьей оспы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

varíola bovina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গো-বসন্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cowpox
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacar air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kuhpocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

牛痘
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우두
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cowok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh đậu mùa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cowpox
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोपॉक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sığır çiçek hastalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vaiolo bovino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cowpox
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коров´ячої віспи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vaccinia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cowpox
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koeipokke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kokoppor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cowpox
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cowpox

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QUOTES WITH «COWPOX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cowpox.
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Edward Jenner
I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COWPOX»

Discover the use of cowpox in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cowpox and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Introduction to Epidemiology
However, the milkmaids did develop cowpox from the cows. Jesty believed there was a link to acquiring cowpox and not getting smallpox. In 1774 Jesty exposed his wife and children to cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox and it ...
Thomas C. Timmreck, 2002
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Vaccines
In 1774 in Yetminster, England (Dorset County), a cattle breeder named Benjamin Jesty, himself immune to smallpox after contracting cowpox from his herd, deliberately inoculated his wife and two children with cowpox to avoid a smallpox ...
Stanley A. Plotkin, Walter A. Orenstein, Paul A. Offit, 2008
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From Cowpox to Antibiotics: Discovering Vaccines and Medicines
Dsecribes the history of vaccination and medicine, from ancient Egypt through Jenner's development of the smallpox vaccine and Fleming's discovery of penicillin, to current medical research.
Carol Ballard, 2008
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The Life and Death of Smallpox
R:ght from the start there was a problem in getting supplies of cowpox vaccine. Jenner's 'Inquiry' did not appear until two years after the vaccination of James Phipps because there was no cowpox around for him to use in his search for further ...
Ian Glynn, Jenifer Glynn, 2004
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Understanding Viruses
CASE. STUDY. 2: ENVELOPE. OF. SMALLPOX. SCABS. CASE. STUDY. 3: LABORATORY-ACQUIRED. COWPOX. CASE STUDY 3: LABORATORY- ACQUIRED COWPOX (continued) Herpesviruses 15.5 15.6 15.7 ...
Teri Shors, 2013
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Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic for Humans
Large solitary skin lesions caused by cowpox are often diagnosed as anthrax, if unusually located; eye lesions are frequently assigned to phlegmon. On the other hand, diseases caused by parapoxviruses, including milker's nodules, are often ...
Sergei Nikolaevich Shchelkunov, Svetlana S. Marennikova, Richard W. Moyer, 2006
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Seven Wonders of Medicine
THe Cowpox ConneCTion A British doctor named Edward Jenner was variolated as a child. He got a bad case of smallpox and almost died. He wanted to find a safer way to protect people from smallpox. Cowpox is a mild disease that mostly ...
Karen G. Ballen, 2010
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Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases
Contrary to popular belief, the idea that cowpox (an orthopox virus related to variola) infection brought with it immunity to smallpox did not originate with Edward Jenner. Numerous reports describing this phenomenon have been found dating ...
Alan D.T. Barrett, Lawrence R. Stanberry, 2009
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Introduction to Epidemiology
Jesty believed there was a link between acquiring cowpox and not getting smallpox. In 1774, Jesty exposed his wife and children to cowpox to protect them from smallpox. It worked. The exposed family members developed immunity to ...
Ray M. Merrill, 2010
10
Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 3
If someone got it once, they could not get it again. Edward heard stories from farmers. They talked about a sickness cows got. Sometimes milkmaids also got this sickness. It was called cowpox. Cowpox was a mild disease. It did not kill people.
Kim Griswell, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COWPOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cowpox is used in the context of the following news items.
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Updates to vaccine recommendations focus of ACIP's June meeting
The other pox viruses known to infect humans is Vaccinia (Vaccine Strain), Monkeypox, and Cowpox. Various vaccines have been used in the ... «American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com, Jul 15»
2
California Assembly makes it mandatory for School-aged children to …
He thus discovered vaccination using cowpox to give cross-immunity to smallpox in 1796, and by Pasteur's time this had generally replaced the ... «Empire State Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Pneumo Vaccine Rules Clarified
... recommendations on vaccinating people at risk of exposure to the orthopoxviruses -- smallpox (variola), vaccinia, cowpox, and monkeypox. «MedPage Today, Jun 15»
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The Smallpox Vaccine: A Real Threat that Should be a Forgotten …
After observing that milk maids who contracted a minor illness known as cowpox seemingly didn't contract the more serious smallpox—a more ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
5
Human Experiments: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
... where he injected an eight-year-old child with the pus taken from a cowpox infection and then deliberately exposed her to an infected carrier ... «Gizmodo, Jun 15»
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Guest column: Don't Grow Immune to the Value of Vaccines
Animals have benefited from this research as well, as vaccines have been developed for animal diseases like rabies, cowpox, West Nile virus, ... «Navajo-Hopi Observer, Jun 15»
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Immunotherapy for Genitourinary Cancers Still in Infancy
It is part of what we call a prime boost technology, using either cowpox or fowlpox to enhance the immune response. There had been a small ... «Cancer Network, May 15»
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The history of vaccinations and how smallpox was eradicated
With permission, he took matter from a fresh cowpox lesion on the hand of a young dairymaid named Sarah Nelms and rubbed it into a cut on ... «Medical Xpress, May 15»
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ASCO Immunotherapy Preview: These Cancer-Killing Viruses May …
Genelux: This San Diego company is developing a cancer treatment, GL-ONC1, derived from vaccinia, the cowpox virus that's the basis of the ... «Forbes, May 15»
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Edward Jenner: soloist or member of a trio? Part 2
In 1805 a Dorset farmer, Benjamin Jesty arrived in London on an invitation from the Original Vaccine Pock Institute to describe his cowpox ... «OUPblog, May 15»

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