Found 2 items, similar to cowpox.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cowpox cowpox n : a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox [syn: vaccinia]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cowpox 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. [1913 Webster]