[var-uh-sel-uh] 
[chik-uh
n-poks] | 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. |
| chick·en·pox or chicken pox (chĭk'ən-pŏks') n. An acute contagious disease, primarily of children, that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and characterized by skin eruptions, slight fever, and malaise. Also called varicella. [Perhaps in allusion to the mildness of the disease as contrasted with smallpox.] |
| var·i·cel·la (vār'ĭ-sěl'ə) n. See chickenpox. [New Latin, diminutive of variola, variola; see variola.] var'i·cel'loid' (-sěl'oid') adj. |
chickenpox or chicken pox
n.
An acute contagious disease, primarily of children, that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and characterized by skin eruptions, slight fever, and malaise. Also called varicella.
varicella var·i·cel·la (vār'ĭ-sěl'ə)
n.
See chickenpox.
| chickenpox (chĭk'ən-pŏks') Pronunciation Key
A highly contagious infectious disease, usually of children, caused by the varicella-zoster virus of the genus Varicellavirus. The infection is characterized by fever, and itching skin blisters that start on the trunk of the body and spread to the extremities. Also called varicella. |
| varicella (vār'ĭ-sěl'ə) Pronunciation Key
See chickenpox. |