varicella

/,væri'selə/

Thân thiện

A child with varicella rests at home.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An acute contagious disease caused by the herpes varicella zoster virus: This is a specific medical term for a common infectious illness, primarily affecting children, characterized by a distinctive itchy rash of small blisters (vesicles) that appear on the face and body.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The school requires vaccination against varicella.
  • The doctor diagnosed the child's rash as varicella.
  • Varicella is usually a mild disease in healthy children.

Advanced Usage

• "Varicella zoster virus (VZV)": The full name of the virus that causes the disease.
  • After a person recovers from varicella, the varicella zoster virus remains dormant in the body.
• "Varicella vaccine": The immunization used to prevent the disease.
  • The varicella vaccine has significantly reduced the number of cases.

Variants and Related Words

• Chickenpox: The common, non-medical term for varicella.
  • Chickenpox and varicella refer to the same disease.
• Herpes zoster / Shingles: The reactivation of the same virus later in life, causing a different clinical condition.
  • The varicella zoster virus can reactivate decades later, causing shingles.

Synonyms

• Chickenpox: The most common synonym in everyday language.

Related Phrases

• "Break out with varicella": To develop the symptoms of the disease.
  • Several students broke out with varicella last week.
• "Contract varicella": To become infected with the disease.
  • He contracted varicella from a classmate.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• chickenpox