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monkey-pox

monkey-pox is the alternative form of monkeypox.

Meaning of monkeypox

Noun

monkeypox (uncountable)

  1. A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.
    • In a remote southwestern pocket of the Central African Republic, doctor Patrick Karume and his small team are on the jungle frontline to quarantine a rare outbreak of monkeypox.2018 October 25, “On the frontline against monkeypox in Central African Republic”, in France 24, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2018

Questions about monkey-pox

What is monkey-pox the alternative form of?
Monkey-pox is the alternative form of monkeypox.

Words near monkey-pox in the dictionary

  1. monkey-patched
  2. monkey-patches
  3. monkey-patching
  4. monkey-paw
  5. monkey-paws
  6. monkey-pox
  7. monkey-puzzle
  8. monkey-puzzles
  9. monkey-shine
  10. monkey-shines
  11. monkey-speak

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