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chickenpox

noun

🔊/ˈtʃɪkɪnpɒks/

🔊/ˈtʃɪkɪnpɑːks/

[uncountable]

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a disease, especially of children, that causes a high temperature and many spots on the skin水痘
- to catch/get/have chickenpox染上／患上／得了水痘
Topics Illnessc2
Word Originearly 18th cent.: probably so named because of its mildness, as compared to smallpox.