Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antipox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tipox
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Working against pox.

Example Sentences

"The best example of such type is the insertion of the HBs gene into the genome of variolovaccine virus, which represents a well-known live antipox vaccine[…]"
"Strains appear to differ in their antipox activities."

Etymology

From anti- + pox.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Questions

What does antipox mean?: Working against pox.
Where does antipox come from?: From anti- + pox.

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