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pox

[poks]

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Pathology.

a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
syphilis.
Also called soil rot.��Plant Pathology.��a disease of sweet potatoes, characterized by numerous pitlike lesions on the roots, caused by a fungus, Streptomyces ipomoea.
(used as an interjection to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc.).
A pox on you and your bright ideas!

pox

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any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
an informal name for syphilis
archaic��(interjection) an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone

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Origin of pox¹

1540–50 (earlier as surname); spelling variant of pocks, plural of pock

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Origin of pox¹

C15: changed from pocks, plural of _pock

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Nor was it ever used in vaccines against chicken pox, polio or pneumonia.

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If not shots, why not host a version of the 1970s chicken pox party?

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A pox on both their houses, I found myself indifferently concluding.

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Mpox, previously known as monkey pox, is a contagious virus that can cause painful skin legions.

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