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单词 pox
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pox

(pɒks)
1. singular noun
People sometimes refer to the disease syphilis as the pox.
[informal]
2.  See also chickenpox, smallpox

pox in British English

(pɒks)
noun
1. 
any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
2.  the pox
3.  a pox on someone
Word origin
C15: changed from pocks, plural of pock

pox in American English

(pɑks)
noun
1. 
any of various diseases characterized by skin eruptions, as smallpox or chickenpox
2. 
syphilis
usually with the
Word origin
for pocks < ME pokkes, pl. of pokke: see pock

Examples of 'pox' in a sentence
pox

They took her to a doctor who said it was chicken pox.
The Sun (2008)
And their coach is said to be as popular in the dressing room as a bout of chicken pox.
The Sun (2010)
She was left with just the thumb and half a finger on her right hand after chicken pox left her with septicaemia.
The Sun (2011)
He hadn't gone because he had chicken pox.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is about as esteemed a vocation as the post of pox doctor 's clerk.
The Sun (2012)
Without a squirrel pox vaccine, the reds are finished.
The Sun (2007)
Now they face their biggest threat - squirrel pox.
The Sun (2007)
I had chicken pox which turned into shingles.
The Sun (2013)
I really do know a pox doctor 's clerk.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They carry the dread virus squirrel pox, but they don't die from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The problem is disease: the greys only carry squirrel pox; the reds die from it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some, like chicken pox and measles, are instantly recognisable.
The Sun (2011)
She just had the chicken pox and I felt really sad, longing to be there.
Martin, April The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993)
For example, chicken pox in the UK is an endemic virus.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

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