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1 chicken-pox
noun (an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots.) hlaupabóla -
2 chicken
[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) kjúklingur2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) kjúklingur3) ((slang.) a coward.)•- chicken-pox
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3 catching
adjective (infectious: Is chicken-pox catching?) smitandi
См. также в других словарях:
chicken pox — c.1730, from CHICKEN (Cf. chicken) + POX (Cf. pox). Supposedly so called for its mildness compared to smallpox … Etymology dictionary
Chicken pox — Chick en pox (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chicken pox — chicken .pox also chick|en|pox [ˈtʃıkınpɔks US pa:ks] n [U] an infectious illness which causes a slight fever and spots on your skin … Dictionary of contemporary English
chicken pox — n an acute contagious disease esp. of children that is marked by low grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3) called also varicella see SHINGLES … Medical dictionary
chicken pox — noun 1. : an acute contagious disease principally of children and not commonly dangerous caused by a virus and characterized by low grade fever and other symptoms and blisterlike vesicles 2. : fowl pox * * * noun [noncount] : a disease that often … Useful english dictionary
chicken pox — noun Date: 1619 an acute contagious disease especially of children marked by low grade fever and formation of vesicles and caused by a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 3 of the genus Varicellovirus) compare shingles … New Collegiate Dictionary
chicken pox — see chickenpox … English dictionary
chicken pox — type of disease characterized by red itchy blisters on the skin … English contemporary dictionary
chicken pox — Ma i pu upu u li ili i … English-Hawaiian dictionary
CHICKEN-POX — … Useful english dictionary
Pox — can refer to: *A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks, often caused by various animal viruses. *Orthopoxviruses **Smallpox (aka the pox ) **Monkeypox **Cowpox **Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) *Herpes… … Wikipedia