pox

n.

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

[Alteration of pocks, from Middle English, pl. of pocke, pokke. See pock.]

A group of diseases caused by poxviruses and affecting primarily the skin and manifested by a characteristic progression of lesions from erythema to papule to vesicle to pustule to a round, reddish, raised scab about 0.5 inch diameter to a pock mark which remains at the site of lesions after healing. Includes buffalopox, camelpox, canarypox, catpox, cowpox, ectromelia (2), elephantpox, fowlpox, goatpox, horsepox, monkeypox, parrotpox, pseudocowpox, rabbitpox, sealpox, sheeppox, swinepox.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - syfilis, kartoffelskurv

Nederlands (Dutch)
pokken

Français (French)
n. - variole (arch), petite vérole, syphilis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pocken, (ugs.) Syphilis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξανθηματικό νόσημα

Italiano (Italian)
vaiolo, sifilide, accidente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - doença que causa erupções cutâneas (f)

Русский (Russian)
сифилис

Español (Spanish)
n. - sífilis, viruela, varicela

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - syffe (syfilis)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
水痘, 梅毒, 脓泡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水痘, 梅毒, 膿泡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발진하는 병(천연두, 수두따위)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 梅毒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سفلس : ورض جداري نفاطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אבעבועות, עגבת, מחלת צמחים‬

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