| slovo | definícia |
pox
(mass) | pox
- ovčie kiahne |
pox
(encz) | pox,neštovice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pox
(gcide) | Pox \Pox\, n. [For pocks, OE. pokkes. See Pock. It is plural
in form but is used as a singular.] (Med.)
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.
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Note: Pox, when used without an epithet, as in imprecations,
formerly signified smallpox; but it now signifies
syphilis.
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Pox
(gcide) | Pox \Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poxed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poxing.]
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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pox
(wn) | pox
n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
2: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions
that may leave pock marks |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pox
(mass) | pox
- ovčie kiahne |
smallpox
(mass) | smallpox
- ovčie kiahne |
chicken pox
(encz) | chicken pox, |
chickenpox
(encz) | chickenpox,plané neštovice n: varicela Cascaval |
chlordiazepoxide
(encz) | chlordiazepoxide, n: |
colpoxerosis
(encz) | colpoxerosis,kolpoxeróza Zdeněk Brož |
cowpox
(encz) | cowpox,kravské neštovice Zdeněk Brož |
epoxy
(encz) | epoxy,epoxid n: Zdeněk Brož |
epoxy glue
(encz) | epoxy glue, n: |
epoxy resin
(encz) | epoxy resin,epoxidová pryskyřice Zdeněk Brož |
epoxy resin paint
(encz) | epoxy resin paint,epoxidová nátěrová hmota [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hypoxia
(encz) | hypoxia,hypoxie n: Zdeněk Brožhypoxia,nedostatek kyslíku Zdeněk Brož |
hypoxic hypoxia
(encz) | hypoxic hypoxia, n: |
ischemic hypoxia
(encz) | ischemic hypoxia, n: |
milk pox
(encz) | milk pox, n: |
pox
(encz) | pox,neštovice n: Zdeněk Brož |
poxvirus
(encz) | poxvirus, n: |
propoxyphene
(encz) | propoxyphene, n: |
propoxyphene hydrochloride
(encz) | propoxyphene hydrochloride, n: |
pseudosmallpox
(encz) | pseudosmallpox, n: |
rickettsialpox
(encz) | rickettsialpox, n: |
smallpox
(encz) | smallpox,neštovice n: Milan Svobodasmallpox,pravé neštovice n: variola Cascaval |
smallpox virus
(encz) | smallpox virus, n: |
stagnant hypoxia
(encz) | stagnant hypoxia, n: |
white pox
(encz) | white pox, n: |
epoxid
(czen) | epoxid,epoxyn: Zdeněk Brož |
epoxidová nátěrová hmota
(czen) | epoxidová nátěrová hmota,epoxy resin paint[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
epoxidová pryskyřice
(czen) | epoxidová pryskyřice,epoxy resin Zdeněk Brož |
hypoxie
(czen) | hypoxie,hypoxian: Zdeněk Brož |
kolpoxeróza
(czen) | kolpoxeróza,colpoxerosis Zdeněk Brož |
Chicken pox
(gcide) | Chicken pox \Chick"en pox"\ (Med.)
A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only;
varicella.
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Cowpox
(gcide) | Cowpox \Cow"pox`\ (-p[o^]ks`), n. (Med.)
A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when
communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects
from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox,
cowpock, and kinepock. --Dunglison.
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Horn pox
(gcide) | Horn \Horn\ (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn,
G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha['u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir.
corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras, and perh. also to E. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. Carat,
Corn on the foot, Cornea, Corner, Cornet,
Cornucopia, Hart.]
1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
family consist externally of true horn, and are never
shed.
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2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
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3. (Zool.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
hornbill.
(b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
horned owl.
(c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
(d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
the horned pout.
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4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
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5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
(a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn
under the castle wall." --Spenser. See French horn,
under French.
(b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale."
--Mason.
(c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia.
"Fruits and flowers from Amalth[ae]a's horn."
--Milton.
(d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
carrying liquids. "Samuel took the hornof oil and
anointed him [David]." --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
(e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
(f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
(g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
(h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
plane.
(j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught
hold on the horns of the altar." --1 Kings ii. 28.
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6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
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The moon
Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
--Thomson.
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7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
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Sharpening in mooned horns
Their phalanx. --Milton.
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8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
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9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
or pride.
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The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
xviii. 2.
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10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
"Thicker than a cuckold's horn." --Shak.
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11. the telephone; as, on the horn. [slang]
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12. a body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn
in Istanbul.
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Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate.
Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.
Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
substance of the horn.
Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
water.
Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead.
Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below).
Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. --Gray.
Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
that of chicken pox.
Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury.
Horn shell (Zool.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.
Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite.
Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.
To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to
withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or
withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.]
To raise the horn, or To lift the horn (Script.), to
exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that
raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?" --Milton.
To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
[Low]
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Hypoxanthin
(gcide) | Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to
xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal
body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also
sarcin, sarkin.
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hypoxemia
(gcide) | anoxaemia \an`ox*ae"mi*a\, anoxemia \an`ox*e"mi*a\
([a^]n`[o^]ks*[=e]"m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.; Gr. 'an priv. +
oxygen + Gr. a'i^ma blood.] (Med.)
A former term used to refer to an abnormal condition due to
deficient oxygenation of the arterial blood, as in balloon
sickness, mountain sickness; now the term is replaced by the
term hypoxemia. -- An`ox*ae"mic, An`ox*e"mic
([a^]n`[o^]ks*[=e]"m[i^]k), a.
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Hypoxis erecta
(gcide) | Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Kinepox
(gcide) | Kinepox \Kine"pox`\, n. (Med.)
See Cowpox. Kin"e*scope, n. See Kinetoscope.
[1913 Webster]Cowpox \Cow"pox`\ (-p[o^]ks`), n. (Med.)
A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when
communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects
from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox,
cowpock, and kinepock. --Dunglison.
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kinepox
(gcide) | Kinepox \Kine"pox`\, n. (Med.)
See Cowpox. Kin"e*scope, n. See Kinetoscope.
[1913 Webster]Cowpox \Cow"pox`\ (-p[o^]ks`), n. (Med.)
A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when
communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects
from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox,
cowpock, and kinepock. --Dunglison.
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Poxed
(gcide) | Pox \Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poxed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poxing.]
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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Poxing
(gcide) | Pox \Pox\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poxed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poxing.]
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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Sheep pox
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
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Smallpox
(gcide) | Smallpox \Small"pox`\, n. [Small + pox, pocks.] (Med.)
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized
by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at
first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first
flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and
finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often
leaving a pit, or scar.
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Swine-pox
(gcide) | Swine-pox \Swine"-pox`\, n. (Med.)
A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles
containing a watery fluid; the water pox. --Pepys.
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Water pox
(gcide) | Water pox \Wa"ter pox`\ (Med.)
A variety of chicken pox, or varicella. --Dunglison.
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anemic hypoxia
(wn) | anemic hypoxia
n 1: hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of
hemoglobin |
camelpox
(wn) | camelpox
n 1: a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox;
"with a little genetic engineering camelpox could be used
as a bioweapon" |
chickenpox
(wn) | chickenpox
n 1: an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella
zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and
body [syn: chickenpox, varicella] |
chlordiazepoxide
(wn) | chlordiazepoxide
n 1: a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in
the treatment of alcoholism [syn: chlordiazepoxide,
Librium, Libritabs] |
colpoxerosis
(wn) | colpoxerosis
n 1: a condition in which the vagina is unusually dry |
cowpox
(wn) | cowpox
n 1: a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease
affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans
against smallpox [syn: cowpox, vaccinia] |
epoxy
(wn) | epoxy
n 1: a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and
coatings and laminates [syn: epoxy, epoxy resin, {epoxy
glue}]
v 1: glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards" |
epoxy glue
(wn) | epoxy glue
n 1: a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and
coatings and laminates [syn: epoxy, epoxy resin, {epoxy
glue}] |
epoxy resin
(wn) | epoxy resin
n 1: a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and
coatings and laminates [syn: epoxy, epoxy resin, {epoxy
glue}] |
family hypoxidaceae
(wn) | family Hypoxidaceae
n 1: in some classification systems included in the
Amaryllidaceae [syn: Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae] |
genus hypoxis
(wn) | genus Hypoxis
n 1: small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a
corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes
classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star
grass [syn: Hypoxis, genus Hypoxis] |
hypoxia
(wn) | hypoxia
n 1: oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct
the deficiency |
hypoxic hypoxia
(wn) | hypoxic hypoxia
n 1: hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood
in the lungs |
hypoxidaceae
(wn) | Hypoxidaceae
n 1: in some classification systems included in the
Amaryllidaceae [syn: Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae] |
hypoxis
(wn) | Hypoxis
n 1: small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a
corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes
classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star
grass [syn: Hypoxis, genus Hypoxis] |
hypoxis hirsuta
(wn) | Hypoxis hirsuta
n 1: perennial star grass of North America [syn: {American star
grass}, Hypoxis hirsuta] |
ischemic hypoxia
(wn) | ischemic hypoxia
n 1: hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as
follows congestive cardiac failure) [syn: {ischemic
hypoxia}, stagnant hypoxia] |
kaffir pox
(wn) | Kaffir pox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
milk pox
(wn) | milk pox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
pox
(wn) | pox
n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
2: a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions
that may leave pock marks |
poxvirus
(wn) | poxvirus
n 1: any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in
vertebrates |
propoxyphene
(wn) | propoxyphene
n 1: a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon)
related to methadone but less addictive [syn:
propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, Darvon] |
propoxyphene hydrochloride
(wn) | propoxyphene hydrochloride
n 1: a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon)
related to methadone but less addictive [syn:
propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, Darvon] |
pseudosmallpox
(wn) | pseudosmallpox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
rickettsialpox
(wn) | rickettsialpox
n 1: mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium
of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a
mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and
fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble
chickenpox |
smallpox
(wn) | smallpox
n 1: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever
and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form
scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox,
variola, variola major] |
smallpox virus
(wn) | smallpox virus
n 1: the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a
bioweapon [syn: variola virus, smallpox virus] |
stagnant hypoxia
(wn) | stagnant hypoxia
n 1: hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as
follows congestive cardiac failure) [syn: {ischemic
hypoxia}, stagnant hypoxia] |
west indian smallpox
(wn) | West Indian smallpox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
white pox
(wn) | white pox
n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] |
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