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calpox

calpox noun: a variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys.

Noun

calpox (uncountable)

  1. A variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys
    • An orthopox model utilizing calpox virus was developed concomitant with our studies and showed that marmosets were indeed susceptible to low levels of a poxvirus by a natural route.2015 July 6, “Susceptibility of Marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) to Monkeypox Virus: A Low Dose Prospective Model for Monkeypox and Smallpox Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about calpox

What does calpox mean?
Calpox means a variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys.
What part of speech is calpox?
Calpox is a noun.

Words near calpox in the dictionary

  1. calpolli
  2. calpollis
  3. calpoltin
  4. calponin
  5. calponins
  6. calpox
  7. calprismin
  8. calpromotin
  9. calprotectin
  10. calprotectinemia
  11. calps

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