(n) a virus disease of the skin marked by round white swellings; transmitted from person to person (most often in children or in adults with impaired immune function)
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n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + -scope.] An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook. [1913 Webster]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. pla`gios slanting + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]