1. an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body; [syn: chickenpox, varicella]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chickenpox
n 1: an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella
zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and
body [syn: chickenpox, varicella]