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noun Pathology.
1.
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
3.
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.
4.
(used interjectionally to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc.): A pox on you and your bright ideas!
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Pox
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| pox (pɒks) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed |
| 2. | the pox an informal name for syphilis |
| 3. | archaic (interjection) a pox on someone an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone |
| [C15: changed from pocks, plural of | |
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Word Origin & History
pox
1476, spelling alteration of pockes, pl. of pocke (see pock). Especially (after 1503) of syphilis.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
pox (pŏks)
n.
A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
Syphilis.
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