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Type Words
Synonyms lues, lues venerea, syph, syphilis
Type of social disease, venus's curse, venereal infection, venereal disease, vd, cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, std
Has types secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis, neurosyphilis, primary syphilis
Type Words
Type of contagion, contagious disease
Has types varicella, variola, variola major, cowpox, smallpox, chickenpox, vaccinia

Examples of pox

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The Associated Press said about 20 children had come down with mild chicken pox.
From the time.com
Yet just who was supposed to have given her the pox was left insinuatingly vague.
From the guardian.co.uk
The lesion on the center left toe was sampled, and tested negative for avian pox.
From the sciencedaily.com
He had brought them strawberry ice cream when their skin itched with chicken pox.
From the cnn.com
Oatmeal 97 Treat itchy poison ivy or chicken pox by soaking in an oatmeal bath.
From the stltoday.com
It's not that Braden has been a pox on the mound since his Mother's Day perfecto.
From the sacbee.com
About 20 percent of people who have had chicken pox eventually will get shingles.
From the dailyherald.com
Exposure to the disease won't give you shingles but might give you chicken pox.
From the dailyherald.com
About 75-90 percent of chicken pox cases occur in children under the age of 10.
From the forbes.com
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