chicken pox
Syllables: chic·ken·pox/ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɒks//ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/
chicken pox noun: the blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
Noun
chicken pox (usually uncountable, plural chicken poxes)
- The blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
- Synonyms:
- chicken pock
- The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters.
- Chickenpox parties, at which children gather so they can all be infected by a child who has the pox, are often held by parents who distrust chickenpox vaccine or want their children to have the stronger immunity that surviving a full-blown infection affords.2009 May 7, New York Times, page A12
- Synonyms:
- varicella
- Any disease causing similar symptoms.
chicken pox meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
chicken pox in Hindi
- disease
- छोटी माता choṭī mātā
chicken pox in Tamil
- disease
- சின்னம்மை ciṉṉammai, பயற்றம்மை payaṟṟammai
chicken pox in Marathi
- disease
- कांजिण्या kāñjiṇyā
chicken pox in Telugu
- chicken pox
- తట్టు taṭṭu
More languagesFewer languages
- chicken pox in Malayalam
- ചിക്കൻപോക്സ് cikkaṉpōksŭ
- chicken pox in Punjabi
- ਛੋਟੀ ਮਾਤਾ choṭī mātā
- chicken pox in Gujarati
- અછબડા achabḍā
- chicken pox in Sinhala
- පැපොල pæpola
- chicken pox in Assamese
- মাজু আই mazu ai
- chicken pox in Tagalog
- bulutung-tubig, bulutong-tubig
- chicken pox in Arabic
- جُدَرِيّ المَاء judariyy al-māʔ, عَنْقَز ʕanqaz
- chicken pox in Thai
- อีสุกอีใส ii-sùk-ii-sǎi, สุกใส sùk-sǎi
- chicken pox in Vietnamese
- thủy đậu
- chicken pox in Myanmar
- ကျောက်ရောဂါ kyauk-rau:ga, ပဲသီတာ pai:sita
Synonyms of chicken pox
- chicken pock
- varicella
Forms of chicken pox
| plural | chicken poxes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chickenpox |
| alternative form | chicken-pox |
Origin of chicken pox
From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larger blisters.
Words formed from chicken pox
Words that rhyme with chicken pox
Questions about chicken pox
- What does chicken pox mean?
- Chicken pox means the blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
- What is chicken pox in Hindi?
- Chicken pox in Hindi is छोटी माता (choṭī mātā). See Chicken pox meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chicken pox?
- Chicken pox is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chicken pox?
- Chicken pox is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/ (US).
- What is the plural of chicken pox?
- The plural of chicken pox is chicken poxes.
Words near chicken pox in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chicken pox (page history and authors); తట్టు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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