TOPIC: Chicken Pox

Narmadha asked: Why is the disease chicken pox called chicken pox?

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• anam balouch:- [ 2/24/2005 ] Because chicken pox are made like chicken's pimple. But it was not named chicken's pimple but they gave a name chicken pox.
• Chirag Sangani:- [ 3/20/2005 ] When chicken pox was first described, it was noted that the pox lesions looked more like they were placed upon the skin rather than being a part of the skin themselves. In fact, people long ago felt they looked like chick peas placed upon the skin. The Latin word for chick peas is cicer which is the original word that chicken pox got its name.
• shobhit:- [ 9/17/2005 ] Because it is like chicken pimples
• Yuvapreethi:- [ 2/5/2006 ] The word "pox" means curse. In the past, wishing someone "A pox on your house" was wishing him bad luck. Although getting Chicken Pox may seem like bad luck, "pox" also means skin eruptions or breakouts.
• Neethu.v:- [ 2/24/2006 ] Because the dots looks like small chicken pieces.
• Neethu.v:- [ 2/24/2006 ] Because the dots looks like small chicken pieces.
• savitha:- [ 4/21/2006 ] Because it apears as small eggs which burst.
• Shruthi:- [ 6/20/2006 ] Because when we get chicken - pox our skin bursts.
• abhilasha:- [ 8/20/2006 ] We call this disease as "Chicken Pox" because when we have this disease our skin becomes just exactly like the skin of a chicken!
• Eden Vincent:- [ 8/29/2006 ] From Where did chicken-pox get its name? Does it have anything to do with Chickens?

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