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smallpox

English

Etymology

From small +? pox.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sm??lp?ks/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sm?lp?ks/

Noun

smallpox (usually uncountable, plural smallpoxes)

  1. (medicine) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
    Synonym: variola

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poxy

English

Alternative forms

  • poxie

Etymology

pox +? -y

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?ksi

Adjective

poxy (comparative poxier, superlative poxiest)

  1. (medicine) suffering from pox
  2. sickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad

Related terms

  • pockmark
  • pockmarked
  • chickenpox
  • smallpox

See also

  • lousy

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