cacar air
Appearance
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of cacar (“pox”) + air (“water”), calque from Chinese 水痘 (“chicken pox”, literally “water + small pox”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (pathology) varicella, chicken pox: a common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3).
- Synonyms: cacar jeluntang, varisela
Further reading
[edit]- “cacar air” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.