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swine-pox

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swine⋅pox

[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, esp. of the abdomen.

Origin:
1520–30
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