Pox
Pox noun - A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
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Syphilis
Syphilis noun - A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
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Pox is a synonym for syphilis in disease communicable through sex topic. You can use "Pox" instead a noun "Syphilis".
Nearby Word: syphilitic
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- Two of the more commonly seen are "lover's pox" for herpes and "great pox" for syphilis.
Source: Disease By Any Other Name -
Two of the more commonly seen are "lover's pox" for herpes and "great pox" for syphilis, as well as "camp fever" for epidemic typhus.
Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings - Historically (and certainly in the High Mediaeval era that Inheritance is allegedly set in), "the pox" meant syphilis.
Source: Accidental Innuendo / Literature
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Syphilis and Pox. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pox/syphilis
Pox & Syphilis. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pox/syphilis>.
Syphilis or Pox. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pox/syphilis.
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