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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.
Generic synonyms: Pox
Specialized synonyms: Alastrim, Cuban Itch, Kaffir Pox, Milk Pox, Pseudosmallpox, Pseudovariola, Variola Minor, West Indian Smallpox, White Pox
Terms within: Pock
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smallpox
1. a virus disease [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Smallpox
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