Dictionary Definition
pox
Noun
1 a common venereal disease caused by the
Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive
stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph]
2 a contagious disease characterized by purulent
skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒks
Noun
Translations
A disease characterized by purulent skin
eruptions that may leave pockmarks
- Finnish: rokko
Syphilis
- Finnish: kuppa
Derived terms
Coatlán Mixe
Pronunciation
- /poʃ/
Noun
poxExtensive Definition
Pox can refer to:
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks, often caused by various animal viruses.
- Orthopoxviruses
- Smallpox
- Monkeypox
- Cowpox
- Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV)
- Herpes viruses
- Poxvirus
- Pockmarks
- "The Pox" may refer to syphilis
- P-O-X, a handheld electronic game
- POX as an abbreviation for Plain Old XML
- Pox (drink), a ceremonial drink common among the Maya, especially those in Chamula
pox in Hebrew: אבעבועות
pox in Polish: Ospa
pox in Russian: Оспа
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, balanitis
gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap, claps, climatic bubo, congenital
syphilis, constitutional syphilis, dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal
disease, general paresis, gonorrhea, granuloma
inguinale, granuloma venereum, great pox, hard chancre, latent
syphilis, locomotor ataxia, morbus Gallicus, paralytic dementia,
paresis, pudendal ulcer,
simple chancre, social disease, soft chancre, syph, syphilis, syphilitic
meningoencephalitis, tabes, tabes dorsales, tertiary
syphilis, tropical bubo, venereal disease