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How to pronounce “pox”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of pox with real speech in context.
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- How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
It's as contagious as chicken pox,
- Definition summary
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
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How to pronounce pox
How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it

It's as contagious as chicken pox,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pox”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
- Syphilis.
- (figurative) A curse.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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