Definition of pox
English to English noun - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
source: WordNet 3.0 - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
source: WordNet 3.0 - Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases.
source: Webster 1913 verb - To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
source: Webster 1913
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