poxing

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pox
A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks
pox
{n} the veneral disease, pustules
pox
A general term for the several oxides of phosphorus
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Syphilis
pox
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
pox
To infect with the pox, or syphilis
pox
Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases
pox
People sometimes refer to the disease syphilis as the pox. see also chickenpox, smallpox
pox
{i} pimples, small inflammations of the skin; syphilis, type of infectious venereal disease that can affect the entire body
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a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)