cowpox

«cowpox» in Mova's school dictionary: a mild disease of cows that causes sores on their udders… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cowpox; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cowpox is a mild disease of cows that causes sores on their udders and can pass to people, giving them a few small blisters. tree →

2) In history, catching cowpox protected people from the deadly disease smallpox, which led to the first vaccine. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and history lessons, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, noticed that milkmaids who had caught cowpox did not get smallpox; he used material from cowpox sores to protect a boy, which began vaccination. The word «vaccine» comes from the Latin word for cow. Today smallpox has been wiped out thanks to vaccines. Phrases: «cowpox and smallpox», «Edward Jenner».

examples

• Milkmaids who caught cowpox did not get smallpox. tree →
• Edward Jenner used cowpox to make the first vaccine. tree →
• Cowpox gives cows sores on their udders. tree →
• Cowpox is much milder than smallpox. tree →
• The word «vaccine» comes from «vacca», Latin for cow. tree →
• Our class acted out Jenner's cowpox experiment. tree →

note

Uncountable; one word. Do not confuse with chickenpox, a common children's illness that has nothing to do with chickens. Jenner's experiment would not be allowed today, because it put a child at risk without the safety rules we now use.

In the corpora

• Edward Jenner made the first vaccine in 1796 from cowpox, and smallpox was declared wiped out worldwide in 1980.
• In 1796 Edward Jenner protected a boy from smallpox by giving him the much milder cowpox.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cowpox» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.