Chicken pox is an itchy nuisance for kids.
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Pox
//pɑks//
Synonyms for "pox" (51 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- шарка noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Catalan
1 entries- buba noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 痘 noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Finnish
2 entries- rokko noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
- rokkotauti noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
French
3 entries- petite vérole noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
- variole noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
- vérole noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Ingrian
1 entries- ruikko noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Japanese
1 entries- 痘瘡 noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Latin
1 entries- variola noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Persian
1 entries- آبله noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Polish
1 entries- ospa noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Portuguese
1 entries- varíola noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Russian
1 entries- о́спа noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- boginje noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đậu noun (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmark — see also smallpox, variola)
Sample sentences
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The child has a case of chicken pox.
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Influenza, measles, pox and chickenpox are infectious and contagious diseases.
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Chicken pox is a common sickness in children.
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