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chickenpox definition

chicken·pox (-päks′)

noun

an acute, contagious viral disease, usually of young children, characterized by fever and eruptions; varicella

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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