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Once-common childhood ailment
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chickenpox
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Word definitions for chickenpox in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body [syn: varicella ]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus. Chickenpox may also refer to: Chickenpox (South Park) , an episode of the American television series South Park Chickenpox (band) , a Swedish ska band "Chicken ...
Usage examples of chickenpox.
This was the third copy a letter sent to the ports where the Surprise might touch on her homeward voyage it spoke of the progress of Jack s plantations, the slow indeterminate stagnation of the legal proceedings, and the chickenpox, then at it's height, and at the bottom of the page a hurried postscript said that Sophie would entrust this to Mr Illegible, who was bound for the West Indies and who had been so kind as to call on her.
We haven’t had a man catch the midday—excepting race days, of course—since young Simpkins from the garage got sent home with chickenpox last summer.
Are you familiar with their current efforts to do the same for polio, chickenpox, diphtheria and other diseases?