pox

[US]/pɒks/
[UK]/pɑks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a disease characterized by a rash, pustules, or plague.

Phrases & Collocations

chickenpox

smallpox

chicken pox

Example Sentences

a pox on both their houses!.

Skin-type, mucomembranous fowl pox aroused by poxvirus.

Reason: belong to disease area of foot and mouth disease, small remasticate animal pestilence, sheep (goat) pox, bluetongue and ked itch disease.

who first brought the pox into a noble house, which has lineally descended scrofulous tumours to their posterity.

chicken pox is a common childhood illness

smallpox has been eradicated worldwide

a pox on all your houses!

she contracted a pox from her roommate

the pox outbreak led to a quarantine

he bore the pox scars with pride

the doctor prescribed a treatment for the pox

they believe the pox was a curse

the pox marks faded over time

historically, pox outbreaks were common in crowded cities

Real-world Examples

Well, how can you be sure it isn't chicken pox?

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

I think you have chicken pox! You are contagious! Get away! Don't breathe on me!

Source: EnglishPod 91-180

It was 2007, those glorified slippers were a veritable pox on your streets.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

It is not the ebola virus. It's chicken pox. You are being a baby.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

Or small pox? Or monkey pox, which I know sounds made-up, but is very real.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

I just need to know if I had chicken pox as a kid.

Source: Our Day Season 2

I itch everywhere, grandma. I even have chicken pox in a place I can't talk about.

Source: Our Day Season 2

The response is pretty solid in the sense that it's unlikely that you have monkey pox.

Source: Connection Magazine

It might look like chicken pox.

Source: Connection Magazine

Nope. You don't wanna see a face covered with pox.

Source: Friends Season 2

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