Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acute infectious disease of domesticated swine caused by a virus and characterized by skin lesions.
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- noun A
disease ofpigs , caused by avirus of thefamily Poxviridae and thegenus Suipoxvirus. - noun medicine, obsolete A form of
chickenpox , withacuminated vesicles containing awatery fluid ; the waterpox.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is thought to be due to the same virus which in pigs is called swinepox and in horses "grease."
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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It is thought to be due to the same virus which in pigs is called swinepox and in horses ` ` grease. ''
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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It is true that at one time it was not clear what were the relationships of chickenpox and smallpox, of vaccinia and variola, of vaccinia and varioloid, of the various forms of pox in animals -- cowpox, swinepox, horsepox or grease -- either inter se or to human smallpox.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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Edward, aged 18 months, with some swinepox virus, and as nothing untoward happened, he inoculated him again with swinepox on April 7, 1791.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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It is true that at one time it was not clear what were the relationships of chickenpox and smallpox, of vaccinia and variola, of vaccinia and varioloid, of the various forms of pox in animals -- cowpox, swinepox, horsepox or grease -- either inter se or to human smallpox.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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In November, 1789, Dr. Jenner inoculated his eldest child Edward, aged 18 months, with some swinepox virus, and as nothing untoward happened, he inoculated him again with swinepox on April 7, 1791.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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