"monkeypox" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: monkey + pox Etymology templates: {{compound|en|monkey|pox}} monkey + pox Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} monkeypox (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus. Wikipedia link: en:monkeypox Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Viral diseases Synonyms: mpox, mpox (english: from 2022 onwards), monkey-pox, monkey pox Translations (viral disease): aappokke (Afrikaans), a-pokke (Afrikaans), meymunçiçəyi (Azerbaijani), verola del mico [feminine] (Catalan), 猴痘 (hau⁴ dau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 猴痘 (hóudòu) (Chinese Mandarin), apenpokken [plural] (Dutch), monkeypox (Dutch), apinarokko (Finnish), variole du singe [feminine] (French), variole simienne [feminine] (French), Affenpocken [plural] (German), majomhimlő (Hungarian), cacar monyet (Indonesian), vaiolo delle scimmie [masculine] (Italian), 원숭이두창 (wonsung'iduchang) (Korean), vareul de li símie [masculine] (Lombard), cacar monyet (Malay), apekopper [masculine, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), آبلهمیمون (Persian), varíola dos macacos [masculine] (Portuguese), variola maimuței [feminine] (Romanian), viruela del mono [feminine] (Spanish), viruela símica [feminine] (Spanish), viruela del simio [feminine] (Spanish), apkoppor [common-gender] (Swedish), ฝีดาษลิง (fǐi-dàat-ling) (Thai), maymun çiçeği (Turkish), maymunchechak (Uzbek), đậu mùa khỉ (Vietnamese), brech y mwnci [masculine] (Welsh)

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