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1. (n.) smallpox
an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
Etymology: (1955–60)
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1. (noun) smallpox, variola, variola major
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
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1. (noun) smallpox
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
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1. smallpox
An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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Sense: a type of serious infectious disease in which there is a severe rash of large, pus-filled spots that usually leave scars.
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 Afrikaans: waterpokkies |
 Arabic: مَرَض الجدْري |
 Bulgarian: дребна шарка |
 Brazilian: varíola |
 Czech: neštovice |
 German: die Pocken (pl.) |
 Danish: kopper |
 Greek: ευλογιά |
 Spanish: viruela |
 Estonian: rõuged |
 Farsi: آبله |
 Finnish: isorokko |
 French: variole |
 Hebrew: אַבַּעֲבּוּעוֹת |
 Hindi: चचेक, शीतला, मसूरिका, बड़ |
 Croatian: kozice, (velike) boginje |
 Hungarian: himlő |
 Indonesian: cacar |
 Icelandic: bólusótt, stórabóla |
 Italian: vaiolo |
 Japanese: 天然痘 |
 Korean: 천연두 |
 Lithuanian: raupai |
 Latvian: bakas |
 Malay: cacar |
 Dutch: pokken |
 Norwegian: kopper |
 Polish: ospa |
 Persian: آبله |
 Pashto: كوى، ننكۍ (چيچك)، دانې |
 Portuguese: varíola |
 Romanian: variolă |
 Russian: оспа |
 Slovak: kiahne |
 Slovenian: koze |
 Serbian: male boginje |
 Swedish: smittkoppor |
 Thai: ไข้ทรพิษ |
 Turkish: çiçek hastalığı |
 Taiwanese: 天花 |
 Ukrainian: віспа |
 Urdu: چیچک، سیتلا |
 Vietnamese: bệnh đậu mùa |
 Chinese: 天花 |
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