Pox Definition

pŏks
noun
Any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox.
Webster's New World
Syphilis.
Webster's New World
Misfortune or calamity.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
verb

(dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

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Other Word Forms of Pox

Noun

Singular:
pox
Plural:
poxes

Origin of Pox

  • Alteration of pocks from Middle English pl. of pocke, pokke pock

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English pokkes, plural of the ancestor of pock (which see).

    From Wiktionary

Pox Sentence Examples

  • A lot of children catch chicken pox in pre-school.

  • Rabbit pox Rabbit pox is a viral disease that closely mimics rabbit syphilis.

  • But the Campaign to Protect Rural England said that the planning bonanza will bring " a pox on the countryside " .

  • My three-year-old daughter has not had chicken pox but is also showing no symptoms.

  • They took tissue from everyone who received a small pox inoculation.

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