cowpox
cowpox noun: a pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
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Noun
cowpox (usually uncountable, plural cowpoxes)
cowpox meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Gujarati
cowpox in Tamil
- பசுஅம்மை
cowpox in Bengali
- গোবসন্ত
cowpox in Telugu
- a skin disease
- గోమశూచకము gōmaśūcakamu
cowpox in Gujarati
- cowpox
- શીતળા śītaḷā, બળિયા baḷiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- cowpox in Persian
- آبله گاوی âbele-ye gâvi
Synonyms of cowpox
Forms of cowpox
| plural | cowpoxes |
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Origin of cowpox
From cow + pox.
Words formed from cowpox
Phrases with cowpox
Questions about cowpox
- What does cowpox mean?
- Cowpox means a pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
- What is cowpox in Tamil?
- Cowpox in Tamil is பசுஅம்மை. See Cowpox meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cowpox?
- Cowpox is a noun.
- What is the plural of cowpox?
- The plural of cowpox is cowpoxes.
Words near cowpox in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowpox (page history and authors); cowpox (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cowpox (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બળિયા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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