chicken pox

 [chik-uhn-poks]   Origin

chick·en·pox

   [chik-uhn-poks]
noun
a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
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Also, chicken pox.
Also called varicella.

Origin:
1720–30
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chicken pox
c.1730, supposedly so called for its mildness compared to smallpox.
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chicken pox definition


A mild but highly contagious disease, caused by a virus and characterized by slight fever and the eruption of blisters on the skin. Chicken pox is classified as a disease of childhood, although it can occur in adults.

Note: Children who have had chicken pox are immune to future infection by the virus that causes it.
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