pox

[ poks ]
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nounPathology.
  1. a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.

  1. Also called soil rot .Plant Pathology. a disease of sweet potatoes, characterized by numerous pitlike lesions on the roots, caused by a fungus, Streptomyces ipomoea.

  2. (used as an interjection to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc.): A pox on you and your bright ideas!

Origin of pox

1
1540–50 (earlier as surname); spelling variant of pocks, plural of pock

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pox

/ (pɒks) /


noun
  1. any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed

  2. the pox an informal name for syphilis

  1. a pox on someone (interjection) archaic an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone

Origin of pox

1
C15: changed from pocks, plural of pock

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