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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Although nearly every teenager has a chicken pox story to tell, about one in every 500,000 experiences Heim's rare form of lymphoma. Anderson The Pox Party: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I 359 pp. The vaccines currently produced using human cell lines derived from aborted fetuses are used in the prevention of infection by rubella (German measles), mumps, hepatitis A, chicken pox, poliomyelitis, rabies, and small-pox. |
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