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pox

noun

1 pox

A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).

synonyms: lues, lues venerea, syph, syphilis.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: Syph
Polish: świerzba, lues, kiła, syfilis, pudendagra, katar kanalicowy, syf, franca

2 pox

A contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks.


Moby thesaurus: French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, balanitis gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap, claps, climatic bubo, congenital syphilis, constitutional syphilis, dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal disease, general paresis, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum ... show more.

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