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mouse poxes

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mouse⋅pox

[mous-poks]
–noun Veterinary Pathology.
ectromelia (def. 2).
Also, mouse pox.


Origin:
1945–50; mouse + pox
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Main Entry: mouse·pox
Pronunciation: 'maus-"päks
Function: noun
: a highly contagious disease of mice that is caused by a poxvirus (genusOrthopoxvirus) called also ectromelia
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