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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
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2. venereal disease: a venereal disease, especially syphilis
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a pox on somebody or something used to express a wish that misfortune will come to somebody or something (archaic)
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