Pox
A pox is a type of disease, often caused by an animal virus, characterised by pockmarks. The term may be used (in an archaic sense) to refer to disease.
Pox, as a disease, may refer to:
- Cowpox
- Smallpox, an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor
- Monkeypox, an exotic infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus
- Black pox, a symptom of smallpox caused by bleeding under the skin, which makes the skin look charred or black and usually indicates that a patient with smallpox is going to die
- Canarypox, an Avipoxvirus and etiologic agent of canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds that can enter humans but is unable to survive or multiply in human cells
Pox (drink)
"Pox" is a liquor commonly used for ceremonial purposes among the Mayans of Mexico and Central America. "Pox" is a liquor made of corn, sugar cane and wheat, very important in mayan culture for its ceremonial uses and is also known as aguardiente. Besides its religious significance it is also a somewhat popular alcoholic drink in the Chiapas region of Southern Mexico. The word "pox" in Tzotzil means "medicine, cane liquor, cure." Pox was commonly used in religious ceremonies and festivals in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, but increasingly soda has been substituted for it.
External sources
Maffi, Luisa. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. June 1996, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 27–46
POX 186
POX 186 (LEDA 46982) is a dwarf galaxy that is still forming. The galaxy is considered very small and distorted compared to most older galaxies, such as our own Milky Way Galaxy. It is currently believed to have first begun forming when two enormous clouds of gas and stars crashed into each other less than 100 million years ago, sparking new stars to form. Some people believe this may be direct evidence of a new theory, speculating that later-forming galaxies in our universe are smaller than galaxies that have been around for billions of years. Pox 186 is near the star Spica in the constellation Virgo.
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