HOW DID 'CHICKEN POX' GET ITS NAME???Well..there's no shortage of theories on how chicken pox got its name,but two are more credible than othersOne is that the term derives from cicer,the Latin word for chickpea,which a chicken pox pustule resembles.The other suggest it comes from the old English word for itch,gican.Be they itchy pox or chickpea pox,one thing is certain : chicken pox doesn't come from chickens.
Pox or pocks is an ancient word for any disease characterised by pustules on the skin's surface
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