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单词 swinepox
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swinepox

[ swahyn-poks ]
/ ˈswaɪnˌpɒks /

noun

a variety of chicken pox.
Veterinary Pathology. a mild pox disease of swine, caused by a virus related to that of cowpox, characterized by the appearance of pustules in the skin, especially of the abdomen.

Origin of swinepox

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby swinepox

swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine influenza, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress, swine vesicular disease, swing, swingback, swingbeat
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Example sentences from the Web for swinepox

  • He inoculated his eldest son with the matter of swinepox and produced a disease similar to a very mild smallpox.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14|Various
  • Sometime after Jenner had used the swinepox matter, he began to talk among his medical neighbours of using cowpox matter.

    A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
  • In the course of his researches he was led to conclude that swinepox, as well as cowpox, was only a variety of smallpox.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14|Various

British Dictionary definitions for swinepox

swinepox
/ (ˈswaɪnˌpɒks) /

noun

Also called: variola porcina (pɔːˈsɑɪnə) an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
a form of chickenpox in which the skin eruptions are not pitted
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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