| NOUN | state | variola major, smallpox, variola | 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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| animal | variola major, variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent |
| 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 | smallpox, variola | |
| Parts | pock | A pustule in an eruptive disease |
| 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 |
| Broader | pox | A contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks |
| Spanish | viruela | |
| Catalan | pigota, verola | |
| Meaning | A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent. | |
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| Synonym | variola major virus | |
| Broader | variola virus, smallpox virus | The virus that causes smallpox in humans |
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