Chicken-pox

  • 11Pox — can refer to: *A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks, often caused by various animal viruses. *Orthopoxviruses **Smallpox (aka the pox ) **Monkeypox **Cowpox **Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) *Herpes… …

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  • 12Chicken Soup for the Soul — Type Private Industry Publishing Licensing Internet Home media Founded June 28, 1993[1] Founder(s) Jack Canfield …

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  • 13Pox — Pox, n. [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See {Pock}. It is plural in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.) Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, the smallpox, the chicken… …

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  • 14pox — [pɔks US pa:ks] n old use [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: pocks, plural of pock mark on the skin , from Old English pocc] 1.) the pox a) the disease ↑syphilis b) the disease ↑smallpox 2.) …

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  • 15Pox party — A pox party, or flu party or flu fling, is an activity where children are deliberately exposed to a virus to promote immunity. Such parties are typically organized by parents on the premise of building the immune systems of their children against …

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  • 16pox — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. smallpox, chicken pox, cow pox, variola, varicella, vaccinia; papules, maculas, vesicles, pus tules; acne, eruption, breaking out; pocks, pockmarks; curse (see imprecation). See disease. II (Roget s… …

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  • 17pox — I. noun (plural pox or poxes) Etymology: alteration of pocks, plural of pock Date: circa 1530 1. a. a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions b. archaic smallpox c …

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  • 18pox — 1. An eruptive disease, usually qualified by a descriptive prefix; e.g., smallpox, cowpox, chickenpox. See the specific term. 2. Archaic or colloquial term for syphilis. [var. of pl. pocks] Kaffir p. SYN: alastrim. * * * point of exit * …

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  • 19pox — n 1.Pathology. smallpox, Pathol. variola; chicken pox, Pathol. varicella. 2.Informal. venereal disease, VD, social disease, Sl. Cupid s itch; syphilis, Inf. syph, French pox …

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  • 20Chicken — Gallus gallus domesticus redirects here. For other subspecies, see Red Junglefowl. Chooks redirects here. For the fast food chain, see Chooks Fresh Tasty. This article is about the animal. For chicken as human food, see Chicken (food). For other… …

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