pox Definition
pox (päks)
noun
- any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox
- syphilis: usually with the
Etymology: for pocks < ME pokkes, pl. of pokke: see pock
pox Synonyms
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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