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Definition of
chicken pox noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chicken pox
noun
(
also
chickenpox
)
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈtʃɪkənˌpɑks
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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a disease, especially of children, that causes a slight fever and many spots on the skin
to
catch/get/have the chicken pox
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chicken pox
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