http://chickenpoxsymptoms.net Your Source for Chickenpox Symptom Information! Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:01:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://chickenpoxsymptoms.net/how-did-chickenpox-get-its-name/ http://chickenpoxsymptoms.net/how-did-chickenpox-get-its-name/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:09:52 +0000 admin http://chickenpoxsymptoms.net/how-did-chickenpox-get-its-name/ How did chickenpox get its name?
One theory is that Chickenpox got its name from the blisters that are seen with the illness. These red spots – which are about 1/5 inch to 2/5 inch (5mm to 10mm) wide – were once thought to look like chick peas on the skin. So chickenpox got its name from cicer, which is the Latin word for chick peas. In case you were wondering, chickenpox never comes from a chicken!

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