milkers' nodules

milk·ers' nod·ules

an infection of cows' udders by pseudocowpox virus, a member of the Poxviridae, that is transmitted to the fingers and hands of milkers, producing nodules and lymphangitis, and occasionally widespread papular or papulovesicular eruptions; human infection is transferable to uninfected cows. Synonym(s): milkers' nodes, paravaccinia, pseudocowpox