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pox

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–noun Pathology.
1. a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
2. syphilis.
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!
Origin:
1540–50 (earlier as surname); sp. var. of pocks, pl. of pock
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pox   (pŏks)   
n.  

  1. A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.

  2. Syphilis.

  3. Archaic Misfortune and calamity.


[Alteration of pocks, from Middle English, pl. of pocke, pokke; see pock.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pox 
1476, spelling alteration of pockes, pl. of pocke (see pock). Especially (after 1503) of syphilis.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pox
Pronunciation: 'päks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pox or pox·es
1 : a virusdisease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions
2 archaic : SMALLPOX
3 : SYPHILIS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pox (pŏks)
n.

  1. A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.

  2. Syphilis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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