noun🔗ShareA pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox."The farmer developed cowpox after tending to his sick cows, but thankfully, this meant he was now immune to smallpox. "medicinevirusdiseaseorganismanimalhumanbiologyconditionbiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading