Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is chickenpox - definition
chickenpox
.jpg?width=200 "A child with chickenpox on her face.")
.jpg?width=200 "Chickenpox blister closeup, day 7 after start of fever")
HUMAN DISEASE
Varicella; Chicken pox; Chicken Pox; Chicken-pox; Herpesvirus varicellae infection (chickenpox); Congenital varicella syndrome; Neonatal varicella; Varicella in pregnancy; Varicella pneumonia; Chicken pocks
also chicken pox
Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
N-UNCOUNT
chickenpox
HUMAN DISEASE
Varicella; Chicken pox; Chicken Pox; Chicken-pox; Herpesvirus varicellae infection (chickenpox); Congenital varicella syndrome; Neonatal varicella; Varicella in pregnancy; Varicella pneumonia; Chicken pocks
n. to catch, come down with (the) chickenpox
chickenpox
HUMAN DISEASE
Varicella; Chicken pox; Chicken Pox; Chicken-pox; Herpesvirus varicellae infection (chickenpox); Congenital varicella syndrome; Neonatal varicella; Varicella in pregnancy; Varicella pneumonia; Chicken pocks
¦ noun an infectious disease causing a mild fever and a rash of itchy inflamed pimples, caused by the varicella zoster virus; varicella.
Origin
C18: prob. so named because of its mildness, as compared to smallpox.
Wikipedia
Chickenpox
Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over.
Examples of use of chickenpox
1. The virus Chickenpox is a highly communicable viral disease.
2. But adults who have chickenpox as a child are less likely to contract shingles in later life if they have been exposed occasionally to the chickenpox virus because the exposure acts as a booster vaccine.
3. A coroner‘s report into the schoolboy‘s–death said he had had a catastrophic reaction to chickenpox.
4. There is evidence that infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and chickenpox, are spreading inside the centers.
5. "The chickenpox vaccine is an optional vaccine and has a 30 per cent failure rate.