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Definition of Pox
1. Noun. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
Exact synonyms: Lues, Lues Venerea, Syph, Syphilis
Generic synonyms: Cupid's Disease, Cupid's Itch, Dose, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Social Disease, Std, Vd, Venereal Disease, Venereal Infection, Venus's Curse
Specialized synonyms: Primary Syphilis, Secondary Syphilis, Tertiary Syphilis, Neurosyphilis
Terms within: Chancre
Derivative terms: Syphilitic
Generic synonyms: Cupid's Disease, Cupid's Itch, Dose, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Social Disease, Std, Vd, Venereal Disease, Venereal Infection, Venus's Curse
Specialized synonyms: Primary Syphilis, Secondary Syphilis, Tertiary Syphilis, Neurosyphilis
Terms within: Chancre
Derivative terms: Syphilitic
2. Noun. A contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks.
Generic synonyms: Contagion, Contagious Disease
Specialized synonyms: Smallpox, Variola, Variola Major, Chickenpox, Varicella, Cowpox, Vaccinia
Specialized synonyms: Smallpox, Variola, Variola Major, Chickenpox, Varicella, Cowpox, Vaccinia
Definition of Pox
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
Definition of Pox
1. to infect with syphilis [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pox
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