pox
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pokkes, plural of the ancestor of pock (which see).
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pox (plural poxes)
Translations[edit]
A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks
syphilis — see syphilis
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Verb[edit]
pox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)
- (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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