horsepox
[ hawrs-poks ]
nounVeterinary Pathology.
a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
Origin of horsepox
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How to use horsepox in a sentence
Cowpox or horsepox may be accidentally transmitted by inoculation.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of Agriculturehorsepox is also frequently mistaken for the exanthemata attending some forms of venereal disease in horses.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture
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