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pox definition

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

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