plural cod also cods
1
: any of various bottom-dwelling fishes (family Gadidae, the cod family) that usually occur in cold marine waters and often have barbels and three dorsal fins: such as
a
: one (Gadus morhua) of the North Atlantic that is an important food fish
b
: one (Gadus macrocephalus) of the Pacific Ocean
2
: any of various bony fishes resembling the true cods
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Kennedy, who has a controversial history of questioning the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including falsely linking them to autism, has said people are being successfully treated with Vitamin A and cod liver oil for the highly contagious respiratory illness.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s also been unsupported claims that vitamin A and cod liver oil can somehow serve as replacements for vaccination that have missed a little something called real scientific evidence.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
What about other treatments that have been mentioned, like vitamin A and cod liver oil?
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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In addition, just as President Donald Trump encouraged hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19, both unproven therapies, Kennedy claims that vitamin A supplementation using cod liver oil will prevent and treat measles despite no scientific basis for this intervention.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Kennedy, who has a controversial history of questioning the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including falsely linking them to autism, has said people are being successfully treated with Vitamin A and cod liver oil for the highly contagious respiratory illness.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s also been unsupported claims that vitamin A and cod liver oil can somehow serve as replacements for vaccination that have missed a little something called real scientific evidence.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
What about other treatments that have been mentioned, like vitamin A and cod liver oil?
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Cod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cod. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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cod
noun
plural cod also cods
: a soft-finned fish of the colder parts of the North Atlantic that is a major food fish
also
: any of several related fishes
Medical Definition
cod
noun
plural cod also cods
: any of various bottom-dwelling fishes (family Gadidae, the cod family) that usually occur in cold marine waters and often have barbels and three dorsal fins: as
a
: one (Gadus morhua) of the North Atlantic that is an important food fish
b
: one (Gadus macrocephalus) of the Pacific Ocean
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