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varicella

/ˌvær.ɪˈsɛl.ə/

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What does varicella mean?

noun

  1. An acute, highly contagious pathogenic disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, primarily affecting children and characterized by a widespread eruptive skin rash of itchy blisters;chicken pox
  2. Any of various other eruptive diseases, such as swinepox, hives, and varioloid.

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/ˌvær.ɪˈsɛl.ə/

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The child showed the rash of varicella twenty-four hours after birth, and passed through the regular coarse of chicken-pox of ten days' duration.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747