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Chickenpox

🔄 Synonyms of "Chickenpox"

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Word	Definition
varicellanoun	(pathology) chicken pox

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chickenpox"

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Word	Definition
varicellanoun	(pathology) chicken pox
chickennoun	(countable) A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
sicknoun	(British, Australia, colloquial) Vomit.
measlesnoun	(pathology) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
mumpsnoun	(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
herpesnoun	(medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals.
smallpoxnoun	(pathology) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
parotitisnoun	(pathology) Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
eczemasnoun	(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.
hemophilusnoun	—
exanthemsnoun	A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
impetigonoun	(pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
mononucleosisnoun	(pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
zosternoun	(uncountable, pathology) The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.
paratyphoidnoun	paratyphoid fever
pertussisnoun	(pathology) Whooping cough.
influenzanoun	(pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
eczemanoun	(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.
condylomatanoun	(pathology) A wartlike growth on the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by certain types of HPV viruses, usually occurring in the genital area.
molluscumnoun	(medicine) Any of various skin diseases marked by soft, pulpy nodules or tumors