pox

pox is a 3-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Strictly, a disease by pustules or eruptions of any kind, but chiefly or wholly restricted to three or four diseases, -- the smallpox, the chicken pox, and the vaccine and the venereal diseases.
2. transitive verb. To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
3. noun. a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
4. noun. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

   Synonyms: lues, syph, syphilis

Synonyms

lues, syph, syphilis

Common word forms

poxed, poxes, poxing

Words from these letters

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