VARICELLA

(Lat.), n. f. Va2r(wa3r)-i2s(i*k)-erias. Fr., varicelle, variolette, verette, fau e verole, verole bdtarde, petite verole volante, verolette, pustules de poulet, nesles. Ger., Varicelle, Schafblattern, Spitz blat tern, falsche Pocken. 1. Chicken- (or swine-, or sheep-, or gla -, or water-) pox, water-jags, hives; a mild infectious disease of children, characterized by an eruption of vesicles on the skin and mucous membranes. In the usual form, commonly known as chicken-pox, the vesicles are superficial, with clear contents, and the disease is of short duration. It is sometimes followed by cicatrices, but usually not. A severer form, with deeper seated or purulent efflorescences, is sometimes termed swine-pox. [G.] Cf. V. lentiform is, V. coniform is, and V. globular is. 2. See VARIOLA mitigata. 3. See VARIOLOID. Conoidal v. See V. coniPustiilar v. See VARIOLOID. V. a cum in at a. V. in which the vesicles are acuminate, [a, 34.] V. bullosa. See VV. cellulosa. See VARIOLA varicella ides. V. coniform is, V. conoides, Varicellas durae ovales. Swine-pox; v. in which the vesicles are conical, seated upon inflamed bases with hard borders, and apt to be followed by scars. [G, 9, 11.] Varicellas emphysematoSSB. Ger., Windpocken. V. in which the vesicles contain air. [G, 11.] V. globata, V. globular is. Swine-pox, hives; v. in which the vesicles are rounded. They are larger than in v. lentiform is, but attended with le induration than in v. coniform is. [D, 1; G, 9.] V. haemorrhagic a. V. attended with haemorrhage into the vesicles. [G.] P. in fanturn. See V. (1st def.). V. lenticular is, V. lentiform is, Varicellas lymphaticae. Ger., Linsenpocke. V. in which the efflorescences are lentiform, superficial, but slightly elevated, and not followed by scars [G, 9.J V. oval is. V. in which the vesicles are oval, [a, 34.] V. papular is. See VARIOLA cornea and VARIOLA verrucosa. V. prurigo. Of Hutch in son, an itching cutaneous eruption, consisting of papules, vesicles, and pustules, which sometimes follows v. and also vaccination. [" Brit. Med. Jour.," 1875, i, pp. 631, 663, 702 (G).] V. pustular is. V. in which the contents or the efflorescences are more or le purulent. [G, 7.] Varicellas sine var i cell is. Of Wilson, varioloid without eruption. [G, 62.] V. soli des cens. See VARIOLA cornea and VARIOLA verrucosa. V. syphilitioa. Varicella form syphiloderm (q. v.). When occurring in scattered efflorescences it is known as V. syphilitic a dis semi nat a; when confluent, as V. syphilitic a confluens (see PEMPHIGUS syphilitic us). [GJ V. varioloidea. See VARIOLOID. Varicellas ventosae. See Varicellas emphyaematosce.'Va.ricellse verrucosae. See VARIOLA verrucosa. V. vesicular is. V. in which vesicles form with clear contents. [G, 7.] [s. 690]