varisela

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin varicella, diminutive of variola (“pox”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [variˈsela]
Hyphenation: va‧ri‧sé‧la

Noun

variséla (first-person possessive variselaku, second-person possessive variselamu, third-person possessive variselanya)

(pathology) varicella, chicken pox: a common childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), Human alphaherpesvirus 3 (HHV-3).
Synonyms: cacar air, cacar jeluntang

Further reading

“varisela” 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.

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