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pox
1. any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
2. an informal name for syphilis
pox [päks]
(medicine)
A vesicular or pustular exanthematic disease that may leave pit scars.
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They carry the squirrel pox disease, which is fatal to reds, and are more and more encroaching on red territory.
Public urged to back cull of grey squirrels by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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