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Definition of Smallpox

1. Noun. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

Definition of Smallpox

1. n. A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.

Definition of Smallpox

1. Noun. (pathology) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by a virus of the family ''Poxviridae''. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks. ¹

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Definition of Smallpox

1. a virus disease [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Smallpox

1. This acute viral disease once claimed a high mortality rate, but was officially announced as globally eradicated in 1979. This was due to who vaccination programs. Headache, vomiting and fever precede, the eruption of a widespread rash that is raised, vesicular and finally pustular. The eruption follows a set pattern of dissemination, commencing on the head and face. When the final stage is passed scars (pockmarks) are left to disfigure the skin. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Smallpox

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"INFLUENCE OF smallpox HOSPITALS. The Local Government Board of England have recently issued the report of their medical officer, DR. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"During the epidemic referred to 612 persons were attacked, leaving but 302 individuals in the entire town who had never had smallpox. Eighty-five per cent ..."

3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1906)
"Four hundred and eighty cases of smallpox were reported, with 8 deaths, ... The counties reporting smallpox this month were: Allen, 8 cases; Benton, ..."

4. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"The increasing number of the vaccinated who took smallpox was clearly shown in the returns from the smallpox Hospital of London, and was believed to be in ..."

5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"The inference is allowable that this class of disinfectants cannot be relied upon to prevent the spread of smallpox. smallpox IN THE VACCINATED AND ..."

6. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"PREVALENCE OF smallpox It is very difficult for us now to realize that smallpox was once much more common than measles and much more fatal. ..."

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