English > smallpox: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | variola, variola major |
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| Parts | pock | A pustule in an eruptive disease |
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| Narrower | alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox | A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus |
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| Broader | pox | A contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks |
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| Spanish | viruela |
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| Catalan | pigota, verola |
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