mousepox

American

[mous-poks] / ˈmaʊsˌpɒks /

Or mouse pox

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

ectromelia.

Etymology

Origin of mousepox

First recorded in 1945–50; mouse + pox

Example Sentences

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Colin Carlson, a biologist at Georgetown University, has started to worry about mousepox.

From New York Times

One of the more famous examples is how the introduction of an extra gene in mousepox – the mouse version of smallpox – made it far more lethal and able to infect vaccinated individuals.

From The Guardian

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