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Where the word pox comes from, its derivatives monkeypox, chickenpox and smallpox, and why syphilis was called the pox




Pox was coined as a plural form of the Middle English pock, meaning a pustule, blister, ulcer or vesicle. Monkeypox is so called because it was first found in monkeys, but they are not major carriers of the disease.



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