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pox (päks)

noun

  1. any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox
  2. syphilis: usually with the

Etymology: for pocks < ME pokkes, pl. of pokke: see pock

pox Synonyms

pox

n.

smallpox, measles, chicken pox; see disease.

pox Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • catch: A lot of children catch chicken pox in pre-school.
  • get: Anyway - he's got the sock pox - which can't be good can it?
  • have: Would my son who has chicken pox be able to fly?
  • contract: In 1870, Shadrach Gould, a hospital porter, died of small pox contracted during his work.
  • cause: Click here for answer This is shingles caused by the herpes zoster virus which also causes chicken pox.
  • develop: If you are pregnant and develop chicken pox or are in contact with someone who has it, you should consult the doctor.

Adjective modifier

  • small: Small pox being in Pembroke, she wired the girls to come home.
  • French: Hence, it has been termed the ' French pox ' or the ' French disease ' [ morbus gallicus ] .

Modifies a noun

  • scar: I have chicken pox scars what can be done for these?
  • virus: GM rice bearing an insect pox virus gene was used to control army worm larvae.
  • vaccine: Q: Tell me little bit about what the administration is doing on the small pox vaccine?
  • infection: Shingles is the complication of a previous chicken pox infection.
  • gene: GM rice bearing an insect pox virus gene was used to control army worm larvae.
  • potyvirus: Some examples include: apricot plants expressing the CP gene of plum pox potyvirus ( Machado et al.

Noun used with modifier

  • chicken: Would my son who has chicken pox be able to fly?
  • fowl: Usually the decision to vaccinate, except for fowl pox, should be made on the basis of area experience and expert advice.
  • goat: Use of the restriction enzyme Eco RI was used to distinguish between sheep and goat pox isolates.
  • squirrel: Squirrel pox was found last summer by the Moredun Research Institute near Edinburgh in gray squirrels coming across the border from Cumbria.
  • sheep: Farmers are being encouraged to ensure against possible outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, sheep pox, avian influenza and swine fever.
  • seal: All three seals are close to release weight and all have now recovered from seal pox.

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