ospa
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See also: ospą
Catalan
Pronunciation
Interjection
ospa
- Euphemistic form of hòstia (“jeez”).
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
ospa m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ospa f
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osъpa.
Pronunciation
Noun
ospa f (related adjective ospowy)
- pox, varicella (disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks)
- chicken pox, varicella (highly contagious airborne disease caused by initial infection with varicella zoster virus, typically causing a skin rash that forms small itchy blisters)
- Synonyms: ospa wietrzna, wiatrówka, wietrzyca
- (dated) smallpox (acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae)
- Synonyms: czarna ospa, ospa prawdziwa
- sheeppox (highly contagious disease of sheep caused by a poxvirus)
- goatpox (viral disease of goats, resembling sheeppox)
- cowpox (pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats)
- Synonym: ospa krowia
- horsepox (disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus)
- bran fodder
- (historical) Alternative form of osep
Declension
Declension of ospa
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