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water pox

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterpokkies — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Azerbaijani: suçiçəyi — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Chinese: 水痘 (shuǐdòu) — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Danish: vandkopper — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Dutch: waterpokken — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • German: Windpocken — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • German: Wasserpocken — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Japanese: 水疱瘡 (mizubōsō) — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Japanese: 水痘 (suidō) — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Luxembourgish: Waasserpouken — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannkopper — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vasskoppar — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Serbo-Croatian: vodene kozice — A common childhood disease caused by virus
  • Swedish: vattkoppor — A common childhood disease caused by virus