Pox

Pox
Pox Pox, n. [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See {Pock}. It is plural in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.) Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases. [1913 Webster]

Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations, formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies syphilis. [1913 Webster]


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  • pox — ► NOUN 1) any disease caused by a virus and producing a rash of pimples that become pus filled and leave pockmarks on healing. 2) (the pox) historical smallpox. 3) (the pox) informal syphilis. ● a pox on Cf. ↑a pox on …   English terms dictionary

  • pox — [pɔks US pa:ks] n old use [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: pocks, plural of pock mark on the skin , from Old English pocc] 1.) the pox a) the disease ↑syphilis b) the disease ↑smallpox 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Pox — Pox, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poxing}.] To infect with the pox, or syphilis. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pox — [ paks ] noun singular an old word meaning smallpox a. an old word meaning syphilis a pox on an old expression used for expressing anger …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pox — (n.) late 15c., spelling alteration of pockes, plural of pocke (see POCK (Cf. pock)). Especially (after c.1500) of syphilis …   Etymology dictionary

  • pox — [päks] n. [for pocks < ME pokkes, pl. of pokke: see POCK] 1. any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox 2. syphilis: usually with the …   English World dictionary

  • pox — hy·pox·e·mia; hy·pox·ia; hy·pox·is; hy·pox·y·lon; iso·pro·pox·ide; li·pox·e·nous; li·pox·i·dase; hy·pox·emic; li·pox·y·gen·ase; pox; hy·pox·ic; li·pox·e·ny; …   English syllables

  • pox — I. noun (plural pox or poxes) Etymology: alteration of pocks, plural of pock Date: circa 1530 1. a. a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions b. archaic smallpox c …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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