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antipox

antipox adjective: working against pox.

Adjective

antipox (not comparable)

  1. Working against pox.
    • The best example of such type is the insertion of the HBs gene into the genome of variolovaccine virus, which represents a well-known live antipox vaccine[…]1984, Molecular Biology, volume 18, numbers 1-2, page 157
    • Strains appear to differ in their antipox activities.2011, Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

Origin of antipox

From anti- + pox.

Questions about antipox

What does antipox mean?
Antipox means working against pox.
What part of speech is antipox?
Antipox is an adjective.

Words near antipox in the dictionary

  1. antipot
  2. antipous
  3. antipoverty
  4. antipower
  5. antipowers
  6. antipox
  7. antipoxviral
  8. antipoxvirus
  9. antipragmatic
  10. antipragmatism
  11. antipragmatist

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