chickenpox
noun[U]
(alsochicken pox)uk/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.pɒks/us/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.pɑːks/aninfectiousdiseasethatcausesaslightfeverandredspotson theskin:
水痘Hecaughtchickenpox from hisdaughterwhen shestartedschool.
Did youhavechickenpox as achild?
tocontract/develop/getchickenpox
Compare
cowpox
monkeypox
smallpox
See also
the poxold-fashionedinformal
- Thevaccineiseffectiveinpreventingchickenpox.
- Chickenpox iscommonamongchildrenin manycountries.
- Apersonwho has never hadchickenpox and who isexposedtoshingleswill not getshingles; they will getchickenpox.
- Shots formeasles,chickenpox andtetanusarerequiredfor school-agechildrenin the U.S.
- All thechildrengot chickenpox.
Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- anthrax
- anti-malaria
- anti-malarial
- anti-plague
- anti-typhoid
- delirium
- fevered
- German measles
- glandular fever
- helicobacter pylori
- HPV
- Lassa fever
- leishmaniasis
- Lyme disease
- measles
- meningitis
- polio
- rheumatic fever
- sunstroke