English Dictionary

great-pox

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete) Syphilis.

日本語の意味

梅毒

In the 16th century, physicians struggled to treat the great-pox, a disease that ravaged populations across continents.

16世紀、医師たちは大陸をまたいで人々を荒廃させた病気である梅毒の治療に苦闘した。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Syphilis.

Putting aside passages which might possibly apply to great-pox, smallpox was evidently well known to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.