chicken pox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).
The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters.
Any disease causing similar symptoms.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-chicken pox.wav /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɒks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-chicken-pox.wav

Word forms

chicken pox chicken poxes chickenpox chicken-pox

Etymology

From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larger blisters.

Synonyms

chicken pock varicella

Related words

herpes zoster shingles

Derived words

chickenpox party

Translations

Albanian: li e bardhë Albanian: li e dushkut Albanian: li e mirë Albanian: li e pyllit Arabic: جُدَرِيّ المَاء Arabic: عَنْقَز Arabic: بوشويكة Armenian: ջրծաղիկ Assamese: মাজু আই Azerbaijani: toyuqçiçəyi Azerbaijani: suçiçəyi Belarusian: ветрана́я во́спа Belarusian: ветра́нка Belarusian: ахва́т Central Bikol: utos Bulgarian: варицела Burmese: ကျောက်ရောဂါ Burmese: ပဲသီတာ Catalan: varicel·la Cebuano: hangga Cherokee: ᏣᏔᎦ ᎤᏃᏔᏩᎸᏍᎩ Chinese Cantonese: 水痘 Chinese: 水珠 Chinese Mandarin: 水痘 Czech: plané neštovice Danish: skoldkopper Dutch: waterpokken Dutch: wijnpokken Dutch: windpokken Dutch: varicella Erzya: варма ливкст Esperanto: varioleto Faroese: skáldkoppar Finnish: vesirokko French: varicelle Galician: bolercas Galician: boas Galician: lambercas German: Windpocken Greek: ανεμοβλογιά Gujarati: અછબડા Hebrew: אבעבועות רוח Hindi: छोटी माता Hungarian: bárányhimlő Icelandic: hlaupabóla Ilocano: tuko Irish: deilgneach Italian: varicella Japanese: 水痘 Japanese: 水疱瘡 Kikuyu: mũthandũkũ Korean: 수두 Central Kurdish: مێکوتە Lao: ໝາກສຸກ ໝາກໃສ Latvian: vējbakas

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