chicken-pox
1chicken pox — c.1730, from CHICKEN (Cf. chicken) + POX (Cf. pox). Supposedly so called for its mildness compared to smallpox …
2Chicken pox — Chick en pox (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. [1913 Webster] …
3chicken pox — chicken .pox also chick|en|pox [ˈtʃıkınpɔks US pa:ks] n [U] an infectious illness which causes a slight fever and spots on your skin …
4chicken pox — n an acute contagious disease esp. of children that is marked by low grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3) called also varicella see SHINGLES …
5chicken pox — noun 1. : an acute contagious disease principally of children and not commonly dangerous caused by a virus and characterized by low grade fever and other symptoms and blisterlike vesicles 2. : fowl pox * * * noun [noncount] : a disease that often …
6chicken pox — noun Date: 1619 an acute contagious disease especially of children marked by low grade fever and formation of vesicles and caused by a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 3 of the genus Varicellovirus) compare shingles …
7chicken pox — see chickenpox …
8chicken pox — type of disease characterized by red itchy blisters on the skin …
9chicken pox — Ma i pu upu u li ili i …
10CHICKEN-POX — …
