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water pox

water pox noun: a common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.

Noun

water pox (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.
    • Water pox. Varicella.1801, Philipp Andreas Nemnich, Lexicon Nosologicum Polygloton
    • Varicella (water-pox, stone-pox, wind-pox,) is said to be often epidemic at the period of the public vaccinations...1839, “Heim on small-pox and vaccination in the Kingdom of Wirtemberg”, in British and Foreign Medical Review, volume 7

Origin of water pox

Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.

Questions about water pox

What does water pox mean?
Water pox means a common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.
What part of speech is water pox?
Water pox is a noun.

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