pox - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

Synonyms

• pox

More generic

• contagion
• contagious disease

More specific

• chickenpox
• cowpox
• smallpox
• vaccinia
• varicella
• variola
• variola major

Noun

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

Synonyms

• lues
• lues venerea
• pox
• syph
• syphilis

More generic

• Cupid's disease
• Cupid's itch
• STD
• VD
• Venus's curse
• dose
• sexually transmitted disease
• social disease
• venereal disease
• venereal infection

More specific

• neurosyphilis
• primary syphilis
• secondary syphilis
• tertiary syphilis

Related

• chancre

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