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pox
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13 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pox
  2. apple pox
  3. bird pox
  4. canary pox
  5. chicken pox
  6. dove pox
  7. fruit pox
  8. goat-pox
  9. great pox
  10. hog pox
  11. pigeon pox
  12. wet pox
  13. French plague

1pox

noun \ˈpäks\
plural pox or pox·es

Definition of POX

1
a : a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions
b archaic : smallpox
c : syphilis
2
: a disastrous evil : plague, curse <a pox on him>
— poxy \ˈpäk-sē\ adjective
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Origin of POX

alteration of pocks, plural of pock
First Known Use: circa 1530

Rhymes with POX

box, cox, fox, lox, ox, pax, phlox

2pox

transitive verb

Definition of POX

archaic
: to infect with a pox and especially with syphilis

First Known Use of POX

1601

pox

noun \ˈpäks\   (Medical Dictionary)
plural ; poxor ; pox·es

Medical Definition of POX

1
: a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions
2
archaic : smallpox
3
: syphilis

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