pox : Idioms & Phrases

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chicken pox

Chick"en pox"
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.
Webster 1913

Horn pox

  • (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like that of chicken pox.
Webster 1913

kaffir pox

  • noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
    milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; alastrim.
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milk pox

  • noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
    milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; alastrim.
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Sheep pox

  • (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin.
Webster 1913

swine-pox

Swine"-pox` noun
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.
Webster 1913

water pox

Wa"ter pox`
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. Dunglison.
Webster 1913

white pox

  • noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
    milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; Cuban itch; alastrim.
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