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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pox  \Pox\,  n.  [For  pocks,  OE  pokkes  See  {Pock}.  It  is  plural 
  in  form  but  is  used  as  a  singular.]  (Med.) 
  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. 
 
  Note:  Pox,  when  used  without  an  epithet,  as  in  imprecations, 
  formerly  signified  smallpox;  but  it  now  signifies 
  syphilis. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pox  \Pox\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Poxed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Poxing}.] 
  To  infect  with  the  pox,  or  syphilis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pox 
  n  1:  a  common  venereal  disease  caused  by  the  Treponema  pallidum 
  spirochete;  symptoms  change  through  progressive  stages; 
  can  be  congenital  (transmitted  through  the  placenta) 
  [syn:  {syphilis},  {syph}] 
  2:  a  contagious  disease  characterized  by  purulent  skin 
  eruptions  that  may  leave  pock  marks




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