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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 points
  2. monkey pole
  3. monkey poles
  4. monkey pot
  5. monkey pots
  6. monkey pox
  7. monkey press
  8. monkey presses
  9. monkey pump
  10. monkey pumps
  11. monkey puzzle

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