chickenpox

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃɪkɪnpɒks/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtʃɪkən ˌpɑks/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chik′ən poks′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
chick•en•pox or chick•en pox/ˈtʃɪkən ˌpɑks/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya disease, commonly of children, marked by fever and the eruption of red spots or blisters on the skin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
chick•en•pox  (chik′ən poks′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathologya disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
Also, chick′en pox′. Also called varicella. 
  • 1720–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chickenpox / ˈtʃɪkɪnˌpɒks/
  1. a highly communicable viral disease most commonly affecting children, characterized by slight fever and the eruption of a rash
'chickenpox' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Reye's syndrome - herpes - herpesvirus - varicella - varicella zoster virus

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