"water pox" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|water|pox}} water + pox Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} water pox (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, dated) A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella. Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Viral diseases Translations (A common childhood disease caused by virus): waterpokkies (Afrikaans), suçiçəyi (Azerbaijani), 水痘 (shuǐdòu) (Chinese), vandkopper (Danish), waterpokken (Dutch), Windpocken (German), Wasserpocken (German), 水疱瘡 (mizubōsō) (Japanese), 水痘 (suidō) (Japanese), Waasserpouken (Luxembourgish), vannkopper (Norwegian Bokmål), vasskoppar (Norwegian Nynorsk), vodene kozice (Serbo-Croatian), vattkoppor (Swedish)

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