chicken pox

短语

水痘

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɑks/
UK /ˈt͡ʃɪ.k(ə)nˌpɒks/

词形变化

chicken poxes 复数

别名

chickenpox

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters.

    不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    The blisters formed by the varicella zoster virus (VZV).

    古体 不可数 医学
  3. 3.

    Any disease causing similar symptoms.

    不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

varicella

上位词 1

pox

词源

From chicken + pox, under the influence of earlier hen-pox and swinepox, which formed larger blisters.

来源：wiktionary