Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "pox" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

French pox Tanapox a pox on antipox buffalopox camelpox canarypox carp pox chicken pox cottonpox cowpox fowlpox goatpox great-pox hog pox hornpox horse-pox horsepox kine-pox milkpox monkey pox monkey-pox monkeypox mousepox orthopox parapox plum pox pox doctor's clerk pox party poxless poxlike poxviral poxvirus poxy pseudopox rabbitpox raccoonpox rickettsialpox scrumpox sealpox sheeppox skunk pox smallpox squirrelpox swinepox turkeypox volepox wartpox water pox whitepox

Etymologically Related To

pock

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Cupid's disease Cupid's itch STD VD Venus's curse contagion contagious disease dose sexually transmitted disease social disease venereal disease venereal infection

Type Of (IsA)

contagious disease

Related Terms

curse disease eruption infect pockmark purulent skin syphilis

Synonym Network

syphilis

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