swinepox

[ swahyn-poks ]

noun

1. a variety of chicken pox.
2. 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.

swinepox

/ ˈswaɪnˌpɒks /

noun

1. Also calledvariola porcinapɔːˈsɑɪnə an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
2. a form of chickenpox in which the skin eruptions are not pitted

Word History and Origins

Origin of swinepox¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

It was in 1789 that he inoculated his child, aged eighteen months, with matter from the so-called swinepox of man.

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Sometime after Jenner had used the swinepox matter, he began to talk among his medical neighbours of using cowpox matter.

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

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In the course of his researches he was led to conclude that swinepox, as well as cowpox, was only a variety of smallpox.

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