pox
Also called soil rot .Plant Pathology. a disease of sweet potatoes, characterized by numerous pitlike lesions on the roots, caused by a fungus, Streptomyces ipomoea.
(used as an interjection to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc.): A pox on you and your bright ideas!
Origin of pox
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How to use pox in a sentence
Indeed the earliest vaccinations against small pox were done 1,000 years ago in China.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World | Kent Sepkowitz | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn contrast, the actual chicken pox virus long ago exited my bloodstream and is not detectable.
For example, though I had chicken pox decades ago, I still have antibody to chicken pox.
I mean, even Ron Fournier of National Journal, usually devoted to the pox-on-both-houses, why-can't-Obama-lead?
Libertarians, of course, have grimly wished a pox on both their houses of Congress.
Then there was the cholera that came in the night to the village by the bridge-works; and after the cholera smote the small-pox.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe cows soon became affected with the Cow pox, and soon after several sores appeared on his hands.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward JennerThis woman had the Cow pox when she lived in the service of a Farmer in this parish thirty-one years before.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward JennerShe has since been repeatedly employed as a nurse to Small-pox patients, without experiencing any ill consequences.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward JennerHe became ill on the 6th day with symptoms similar to those excited by Cow-pox matter.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae | Edward Jenner
British Dictionary definitions for pox
/ (pɒks) /
any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
the pox an informal name for syphilis
a pox on someone (interjection) archaic an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone
Origin of pox
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