varicella
/,væri'selə/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
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