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Smallpox

Smallpox Meaning & Definition
Smallpox Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Smallpox?

[n] a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Synonyms | Synonyms for Smallpox: variola

Related Terms | Find terms related to Smallpox:

See Also | pock | pox

Smallpox In Webster's Dictionary

\Small"pox`\, n. [Small + pox, pocks.] (Med.) 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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