pox

/pɒks/noun

उच्चारण पॉक्स

चेचक, शीतला (त्वचा पर दाने वाला रोग)

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noun

1
[U] old-fashioned
a disease that causes spots on the skin; often used in compounds such as smallpox and chickenpox
चेचक, शीतला (त्वचा पर दाने वाला रोग)
- Many villagers died of the pox in the eighteenth century.
- The child has chickenpox.
2
[singular] old-fashioned
(the pox) syphilis
उपदंश, सिफ़िलिस
- In old novels, sailors often caught the pox.

¶Idioms 1

a pox on somebody/something

(old-fashioned) used to show that you are annoyed with somebody or something

(पुराना प्रयोग) किसी पर लानत हो, भाड़ में जाए