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Definition: Varicella |
VaricellaNoun1. An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Varicella \Var`i*cel"la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of late Latin variola smallpox.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Chicken pox. (references) |
Medicine | A mild, highly contagious virus characterised by itchy blisters all over the body. Source: European Union. (references) |
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See also :
Varicella is also an adventure game by Adam Cadre (1999). The player character is Primo Varicella, palace minister in Piedmont, who has to get rid of several rivals for the regency following the death of the king.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Varicella."
Synonym: VaricellaSynonym: chickenpox (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Varicella |
| English words defined with "varicella": Chicken pox, chickenpox ♦ herpes varicella zoster, herpes varicella zoster virus ♦ Ramsay Hunt syndrome ♦ varicella zoster virus ♦ Water pox. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "varicella": Chickenpox Vaccine ♦ Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster ♦ Herpesvirus 3, Human ♦ Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption ♦ Vidarabine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Varicella" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (varicella), Dutch (varicella), Italian (chickenpox, varicella). |
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Health | Provides the public and the health community with information on varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections, chicken pox, shingles, and post-herpetic neuralgia. (references) | |
Children with PI diseases, especially those with defective T cells, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, and ataxia telangiectasia should not receive live virus vaccines, such as the oral polio, measles, and chicken pox (varicella) vaccines. (references) | ||
Infectious agents suspected of causing transverse myelitis include varicella zoster (the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles), herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, influenza, echovirus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis A, and rubella. (references) | ||
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| "Varicella" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Varicella" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "varicella": herpes varicella zoster ♦ herpes varicella zoster virus ♦ Herpes Zoster and Varicella Viruses ♦ Varicella and Herpes Zoster Viruses ♦ varicella zoster virus. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "varicella": varicella-zoster, varicella-zoster virus. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
varicella | 288 |
varicella vaccine | 43 |
varicella zoster | 35 |
varicella zoster virus | 15 |
varicella virus | 10 |
disease varicella | 7 |
gravidanza in varicella | 4 |
vaccination varicella | 4 |
immunization varicella | 4 |
titer varicella | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "varicella"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | варицела (chicken pox), лещенка. (various references) | |
Czech | plané neštovice (chicken pox). (various references) | |
Danish | varicella (chicken pox, chickenpox). (various references) | |
Dutch | varicella, windpokken (chicken pox, chickenpox), waterpokken (chicken pox, chickenpox). (various references) | |
Finnish | vesirokko (chicken pox, chickenpox, chicken-pox). (various references) | |
French | varicelle. (various references) | |
German | Varizella. (various references) | |
Greek | ανεμευλογία (chicken pox, chickenpox), ανεμοβλογιά (chicken pox, chickenpox). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אבעבועות רוח (chickenpox). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bárányhimlõ (chicken pox). (various references) | |
Italian | varicella (chicken pox, chickenpox). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aricellavay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | varicela (chickenpox, pox). (various references) | |
Russian | ветряная оспа (chicken pox, chicken-pox). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | varičela (chicken pox, chickenpox). (various references) | |
Spanish | varicela (chicken pox, chickenpox, pox). (various references) | |
Swedish | vattkoppor (chickenpox). (various references) | |
Turkish | suçiçeği (chicken pox, swinepox). (various references) | |
Ukranian | вітряна віспа. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "varicella": varicellas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "varicella" (pronounced 'Var`i*cel"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Dendrocoela, Emgalla, Euplectella, Fabella, Favella, Fenes-tella, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, Granilla, guerilla, Gula, Impalla, Intermaxilla, Kamala, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla, Marginella, Marsala, maxilla, medulla, Micella, Mochila, Mulla, Nyula, Olla, osteocolla, Padella, Palla, palola, Papilla, Paracorolla, Patella, Pathopoela, Perilla, Phainopepla, Philomela, Pimola, Praemaxilla, Predella, Premaxilla, Pseudonavicella, Pseudostella, Psylla, Pteryla, Pulsatilla, Pyla, Rachilla, ravenala, Rhabdocoela, Rhachilla, Rhynchonella, Rosella, Rotella, rubella, Sabadilla, Sabella, Saccharilla, Saltarella, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Scagliola, Scala, Scaliola, scintilla, Scylla, Semolella, sequela, Sigla, Spongilla, Squamella, squilla, stela, Stola, Strobila, Subumbrella, Sula, Supermaxilla, Symphyla, Talegalla, tarantella, tequila, Tetracoralla, Thecla, Tigella, Tola, tortilla, Trehala, Tremella, Turbinella, Turritella, umbrella, Urodela, Valhalla, Vanilla, Velella, Villa, Villanella, Vitrella, Vorticella, Wyla, Zilla, Zoochlorella, Zorilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: cavalier, caviller, lavalier. | |
-2 letters: avarice, caravel, caviare, caviler, clavier, reavail, valeric, velaria. | |
-3 letters: aecial, aerial, caller, carvel, caviar, cellar, claver, eclair, lacier, laical, larvae, larval, racial, realia, recall, villae. | |
-4 letters: acari, aecia, aiver, alive, areal, areca, areic, ariel, arval, avail, calla, calve, carle, carve, caver, cavie, cavil, cella, celli, ceria, clave, clavi, clear, craal, crave, erica, ervil, ileac, ileal, iller, laari, lacer, larva, laver, lilac, liver, livre, ravel, relic, rille, rival, varia, velar, vicar, viler, villa, viral. | |
-5 letters: acre, alae, alar, alec, area, aria, aril, aver, call, care, carl, cave, ceil, cell, cire, earl, evil, ilea, lace, laic, lair, lari, lava, lave, leal, lear, leva, liar, lice, lier, lira, lire, live, race, raia, rail, rale, rave, real, rial, rice, riel, rile, rill, rive, vail, vair, vale, vara, veal, veil, vela, vera, vial, vice, vier, vile, vill, virl. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: cavalierly, varicellas. | |
+4 letters: circumvallate, collaborative, declaratively. | |
+5 letters: circumvallated, circumvallates, collaboratives, overanalytical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 72 69 63 65 6C 6C 61 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-. .. -.-. . .-.. .-.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a r i c e l l a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0072 0069 0063 0065 006C 006C 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)566784756971787867 |
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