1) Ailment of childhood 2) Childhood malady 3) Childhood malady, usually 4) Contagious disease 5) Once-common childhood ailment 6) Once-common childhood malady 7) Varicella
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1) Varicella
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Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It usually starts with a vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than on the limbs. The rash develops into itchy, raw pockmarks, which mostly heal without scarring. On examination, the observer typically finds skin lesions at var...
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contagious viral disease characterized by an eruption of vesicles (small blisters) on the skin. The disease usually occurs in epidemics, and the ... [8 related articles]
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Also called varicella, a viral disease due to Varicella zoster, affecting mainly children, usually in epidemics. It is contracted from other cases or from cases of shingles and is contagious. It causes malaise, fever, and characteristic vesicular rash – ma only on the trunk and face – wh...
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Chickenpox or varicella is a mild, highly contagious disease characterised by fever and itchy blisters all over the body. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is very common in children but can affect people of all ages.
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<virology> A common highly infectious and contagious childhood viral infection that results in a generalised blistery red rash. ... The name was meant to distinguish this weak form of the pox from smallpox (chicken being used, as in chickenhearted, to mean weak or timid). ... Starts as an eruption of red papules (bumps) which become vesicles ...
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(chik´әn-poks) an acute, highly contagious, viral disease characterized by a blistering maculopapular skin eruption with mild constitutional symptoms. It is a common childhood disease and is rarely severe, but in infants and some adults there may be more severe symptoms; in immunocompromised patients it can ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: chik′en-poks Synonyms: varicella
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Chickenpox: A highly infectious viral disease also known medically as varicella -- in many countries, this disease is always called 'varicella' -- that causes a blister-like rash, itching, fatigue and fever. The rash crops up first on the face and trunk and can spread over the entire body resulting in 250 to 500 itchy blisters.
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An acute contagious disease that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Although the disease is most commonly seen in children, individuals of any age can become infected. Pregnant women should be partiuclarly cautious not to become infected because of the potenital effects on the developing fetus. Common effects that may be seen in the fetus/......
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Chickenpox, also called varicella, is a contagious viral infection caused by the herpes zoster (VZV) virus. It is the same virus that causes shingles. Chickenpox occurs primarily in young children and is a common childhood disease. It is rare in adults, but when it does occur it is usually more severe. It can be serious if left untreated. Symptoms ...
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[
n] - an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus
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common childhood disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus and marked by the formation of pustular lesions on the trunk
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a contagious disease that causes a rash and a fever; most commonly occurs during childhood
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varicella noun an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
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Common, usually mild disease, caused by a virus of the herpes group and transmitted by airborne droplets. Chickenpox chiefly attacks children under the age of ten. The incubation period is two to three weeks. One attack normally gives immunity for life. The temperature rises and spots (later inflamed...
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a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
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a highly viral infectious disease, usually associated with childhood. By adulthood, more than 95 percent of Americans have had chickenpox. The disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Transmission occurs from person-to-person by direct contact or through the air.
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a highly infectious viral disease, usually associated with childhood. The disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Transmission occurs from person-to-person by direct contact or through the air.
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