Pox
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late Middle English: alteration of pocks, plural of pock.
wiktionary
From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.
etymonline
pox (n.)
"disease characterized by eruptive sores," late 15c., spelling alteration of pockes (late 13c. in this sense), plural of pocke "pustule" (see pock (n.)). Especially (after c. 1500) of syphilis.
