PoxWordNet Explorer
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any disease easily transmitted by contact
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection
the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane