chicken pox
noun
: an acute contagious disease especially of children marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and caused by a herpesvirus (species Human herpesvirus 3 of the genus Varicellovirus) compare shingles
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Ramsay Hunt syndrome can occur in anyone who has previously had chicken pox. 
Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022 Your body’s immune system would get recharged every time you were exposed to somebody with chicken pox, which normally would be your kids. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 June 2022 Coxsackie can cause a vesicular rash, certainly chicken pox. CBS News, 17 July 2022 However, these symptoms can also be from other common conditions such as chicken pox, syphilis, bacterial skin infections, or allergic reaction to medications. Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 June 2022 The varicella-zoster virus remains in the body long after chicken pox has passed and can later reactivate as shingles. Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022 But after a case of chicken pox is resolved, the virus can still reactivate years later. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022 A few days after experiencing the disease’s first symptoms, a chicken pox-like rash usually appears, beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. Denise Roland, WSJ, 20 May 2022 Viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 are two examples, but there's also HIV, the chicken pox virus, rabies virus, the common cold and many others. Sony Salzman, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2022 See More
Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022 Your body’s immune system would get recharged every time you were exposed to somebody with chicken pox, which normally would be your kids. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 June 2022 Coxsackie can cause a vesicular rash, certainly chicken pox. CBS News, 17 July 2022 However, these symptoms can also be from other common conditions such as chicken pox, syphilis, bacterial skin infections, or allergic reaction to medications. Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 June 2022 The varicella-zoster virus remains in the body long after chicken pox has passed and can later reactivate as shingles. Ebony Williams, ajc, 11 June 2022 But after a case of chicken pox is resolved, the virus can still reactivate years later. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022 A few days after experiencing the disease’s first symptoms, a chicken pox-like rash usually appears, beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body. Denise Roland, WSJ, 20 May 2022 Viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 are two examples, but there's also HIV, the chicken pox virus, rabies virus, the common cold and many others. Sony Salzman, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1691, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
chicken pox
noun
: a contagious illness especially of children in which there is fever and the skin breaks out in watery blisters
Medical Definition
chicken pox
noun
: an acute contagious disease especially of children that is marked by low-grade fever and formation of vesicles and that is caused by a herpesvirus of the genus Varicellovirus (species Human herpesvirus 3)
called also varicella
see shingles