Etymology

varicella

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Today it means: 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 Full definition →

New Latin varicella
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromvaricella
  2. English todayvaricella

From New Latin varicella, diminutive of variola (“pox”).

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