varisela

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin varicella, diminutive of variola (“pox”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [variˈsela]
  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧sé‧la

Noun

variséla (plural varisela-varisela)

  1. (pathology) varicella, chicken pox: a common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3)
    Synonyms: cacar air, cacar jeluntang

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.