Definitions for varicellaˌvær əˈsɛl ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

var•i•cel•laˌvær əˈsɛl ə(n.)

  1. Category: Pathology

    Ref: chickenpox.

Origin of varicella:

1765–75; < NL, =vari(ola)variola+-cella dim. suffix

var`i•cel′lar(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. chickenpox, varicella(noun)

    an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body

Wiktionary

  1. varicella(Noun)

    chickenpox

Webster Dictionary

  1. Varicella(noun)

    chicken pox


Translations for varicella

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

chicken-pox(noun)

an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots.

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