Noun pox has 2 senses
  1. syphilis, syph, pox - a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
    --1 is a kind of venereal disease, VD, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease
    --1 has parts: chancre
    --1 has particulars:
     primary syphilis; secondary syphilis; tertiary syphilis; neurosyphilis
  2. pox - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
    --2 is a kind of
    contagious disease, contagion
    --2 has particulars:
     smallpox, variola, variola major; chickenpox, varicella; cowpox, vaccinia
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