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chicken pox
noun
: a disease that often affects children and that causes a fever and red spots on the skin
Full Definition of CHICKEN POX
: 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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First Known Use of CHICKEN POX
1619
Rhymes with CHICKEN POX
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CHICKEN POX Defined for Kids
chicken pox
noun
Definition of CHICKEN POX for Kids
: a contagious illness especially of children in which there is fever and the skin breaks out in watery blisters
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chicken pox
noun
Medical Definition of CHICKEN POX
: an acute contagious disease especially of children that is marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3)—called also varicella; see shingles
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