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smallpox
DEFINITIONS OF:
smallpox
1
n
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Synonyms:
variola
,
variola major
Types:
Cuban itch
,
Kaffir pox
,
West Indian smallpox
,
alastrim
,
milk pox
,
pseudosmallpox
,
pseudovariola
,
variola minor
,
white pox
a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
Type of:
pox
a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
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