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Pox

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Noun

1. lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

2. pox

a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pox

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noun
1. 
any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
2.  the pox
3.  a pox on someone

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Pox

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noun
1. 
any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox
2. 
syphilis
usually with the

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pox

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n.
1. A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
2. Syphilis.
3. Misfortune or calamity.

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