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Pox Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pox? [n] a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks [n] a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pox: syph \| syphilis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pox: acquired syphilis \| balanitis gangrenosa \| cerebral tabes \| chancre \| chancroid \| clap \| claps \| climatic bubo \| congenital syphilis \| constitutional syphilis \| dose \| dose of clap \| fifth venereal disease \| French disease \| general paresis \| gonorrhea \| granuloma inguinale \| granuloma venereum \| great pox \| hard chancre \| latent syphilis \| locomotor ataxia \| morbus Gallicus \| paralytic dementia \| paresis \| pudendal ulcer \| simple chancre \| social disease \| soft chancre \| Spanish pox \| syph \| syphilis \| syphilitic meningoencephalitis \| tabes \| tabes dorsales \| tertiary syphilis \| tropical bubo \| VD \| venereal disease See Also \| chancre \| chickenpox \| contagion \| contagious disease \| Cupid's disease \| Cupid's itch \| neurosyphilis \| primary syphilis \| secondary syphilis \| sexually transmitted disease \| smallpox \| social disease \| tertiary syphilis \| varicella \| variola \| VD \| venereal disease \| Venus's curse Pox In Webster's Dictionary \Pox\, n. [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See {Pock}. It is plural in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.) Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases. Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations, formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies syphilis. \Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poxing}.] To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

Pox Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pox?

[n] a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
[n] a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pox: syph | syphilis

Pox In Webster's Dictionary

\Pox\, n. [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See {Pock}. It is plural
in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.)
Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but
chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, --
the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the
venereal diseases.

Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations,
      formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies
      syphilis.


\Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poxing}.]
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

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