pox
-1 n. அம்மை, பெரியம்மை, பயற்றம்மை, கோவைசூரி, (பே-வ) கிரந்தி நோய்.-2 n. பாக் என்பதன் பன்மை.
Pox, n. Etym: [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See Pock. It is plural in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.) Defn: 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. Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations, formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies syphilis. Pox, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poxing.] Defn: To infect with the pox, or syphilis. Pox, n. Etym: [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See Pock. It is plural in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.) Defn: 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. Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations, formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies syphilis. Pox, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Poxing.] Defn: To infect with the pox, or syphilis.