VARICELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does varicella mean? 

• VARICELLA (noun)
  The noun VARICELLA has 1 sense:

1. an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body

  Familiarity information: VARICELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARICELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

chickenpox; varicella

Hypernyms ("varicella" is a kind of...):

pox (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)

 Context examples 

A contagious childhood disorder caused by the varicella zoster virus.

(Chicken Pox Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyclic guanosine analog with activity against varicella zoster virus (VZV) and other members of the herpesvirus family.

(Omaciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful, localized rash caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus residing in nerve cell bodies, with resulting infection of the skin in the region supplied by the affected nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

An isothiazole derivative of 5-amino-3-methylisothiazolocarboxylic acid I with antiviral activity against human herpes simplex viruse types 1 and 2, and varicella zoster virus.

(Denotivir, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetically modified, autologous varicella zoster virus (VZV)-specific T-lymphocytes transduced with a retroviral vector encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific for the disialoganglioside GD2, which contains the signaling domains for the co-stimulatory molecules CD28 and CD134 (OX-40), and the suicide gene, inducible caspase 9 (iCasp9 or iC9), with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)