poxes

Meanings

Noun

• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
• plural of pox

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of pox

Synonyms

lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis