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US
/ˈpɑks/
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[ UK /pˈɒks/ ]
[ UK /pˈɒks/ ]
NOUN
- a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
- a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
How To Use pox In A Sentence
- Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
- What if a hijacked plane hit a nuclear power plant, what if bioterrorists infected burger bars, what if we were flooded with smallpox?
- The antlers are placed together, held by sandbags and glued with epoxy.
- The modified expoxies, ie, those with plasticizers added to improve workability, were found to be incompatible with the fluorocarbon flotation fluids.
- In this course will be considered diphtheria, small-pox, the insect carriers of disease, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and uncinariasis. The University of Virginia Record
- Therefore, the hepatopulmonary syndrome substantially is a triplet that consists of liver disease, dilatation of the pulmonary microcirculation, and hypoxemia.
- Most people who've had chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.
- The minister identified plague, ebola, smallpox, anthrax, tularaemia and botulism as the main biological threats.
- Other analgesics to avoid for older adult patients are propoxyphene and pentazocine.
- Drill the single aggregate particle out of the concrete using a masonry bit and then epoxy or cement a new aggregate particle into place.