swinepox en · NOUN
Etymology
From swine + pox.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
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(obsolete, uncountable) A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
Thence I went to Mrs. Jem, and found her up and merry, and that it did not prove the small-pox, but only the swine-pox; so I played a game or two at cards with her.
1660 January 22 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 13th, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC: