monkeypox
A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of…A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.
» Tom and Mary put on a mouth mask against monkeypox.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.
Examples
7 sentencesTom and Mary put on a mouth mask against monkeypox.
Monkeypox spreads via skin-to-skin contact.
Monkeypox spreads through close contact.
Many straight people with monkeypox symptoms aren't being tested because they don't fit the profile, skewing the data in the process.
I wonder what the next pandemic will be after monkeypox. We'll surely get something.
Origin
From monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was aFrom monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was a misnomer because monkeys are less of a reservoir for the disease than other animals are. More at Wikipedia (mpox § Nomenclature).
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Lessons for this word
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