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chicken poxMain Entry: chicken pox Function: noun Date: 1619 : an acute contagious disease especially of children marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and caused by a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 3 of the genus Varicellovirus) — compare shingles
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