also cowpox, disease of cattle, 1780, see cow (n.) + pox. The fluid of the vesicles can communicate it to humans, and getting it provides almost complete immunity to smallpox.
cowhide
cowl
cowlick
co-worker
Cowper's gland
cow-pox
cowrie
cowslip
Cox
coxa
coxal
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