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pox Definition


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pox
noun poxes
    1. medicine.
      Any of various infectious viral diseases that cause a skin rash consisting of pimples containing pus.
      Example: chickenpox
      Example: smallpox
    2. A former name for syphilis.
      Form: the pox (often)
Etymology: 16c: a variant of pocks, the plural of pock.



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