/ Dictionary / Index C chickenpox: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: chick•en•pox Pronunciation: (chik'un-poks"), [key] — n. a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: chickenpox (Thesaurus) chicken mushroom chickenshit Related Content Daily Word Quiz: foliage Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language