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pox

pox [ poks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. disease causing spots on skin: a viral disease that causes pus-filled blisters pustules to form on the skin, and often leaves scars pockmarks, e.g. smallpox or chickenpox

2. venereal disease: a venereal disease, especially syphilis ( informal )

[Alteration of pocks, plural of pock]

a pox on somebody or something used to express a wish that misfortune will come to somebody or something (archaic)

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