pox
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7.9
- noun
- /pɑks/
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- If you have chicken pox, it can stay dormant for years, and then you might get shingles.
- chicken pox
- malaria and pox
But wait, just when you thought you were free, enter Monkey Pox.
- But wait, just when you thought you were free, enter Monkey Pox.
- Make sure that you're not in close contact with people and try to prevent spread in case it is monkey pox.
- You might want to get also checked for them El pollo pox, baby them chicken pox and what else?
Examples
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One of the most effective ways of treating chicken pox would be using brown vinegar.
Blog text (16) -
Mikey was four when they all had chicken pox at the same time.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Maybe you caught the chicken pox from Cherylanne," she suggested.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's only got the chicken pox.
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Vaccinations have reduced the incidence of chicken pox, but the disease has not vanished altogether.
Blog text (16) -
When I caught pox, I was covered in red spots and felt very itchy.
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The doctor explained that pox can cause serious complications if not treated properly.
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After recovering from pox, many people have lasting immunity to the disease.
Synonyms
3
9.9
A serious illness that spreads between people and causes skin sores, often meaning smallpox in old texts
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
3
9.9
A serious illness that spreads between people and causes skin sores, often meaning smallpox in old texts
- Specialized
1
9.9
A less serious form of smallpox that causes small sores and a mild fever
- Slur
A mild kind of smallpox that causes less severe symptoms and appears in old reports from southern Africa
- Archaic
A doctor who treated people with smallpox and other contagious diseases during outbreaks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pox comes from the old word pock, which meant a 'pimple' or 'blister'. That's why diseases that make many blisters, like smallpox or chickenpox, were called pox.