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What does chicken pox mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) A common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3).
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Few people know that chicken pox is an airborne disease which can easily spread when an infected person sneezes or coughs.
That feeling was unceremoniously dashed that evening when I found out about the chicken pox.
He said better nutrition could help save the two million babies who die each year from diarrhea and chicken pox.
This is especially important because children may have been exposed to contagious illnesses such as chicken pox or may have recently received immunizations.
In fact, she had beautiful skin apart from the scattered vesicles caused by the chicken pox.
Pasteur went on to discover vaccinations for chicken pox, cholera, diphtheria, anthrax and rabies.

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