chicken pox

See also: chickenpox

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A child with chicken pox

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chicken pox (usually uncountable, plural chicken poxes)

  1. (pathology) A common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3).

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