cowpox

cowpox is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

   Synonyms: vaccinia

Synonyms

vaccinia

Common word forms

cowpoxes

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