smallpox
An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family…An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
» I am immune to smallpox.
Ich bin gegen Pocken immun.
У мене імунітет на вітряну віспу.
У мене імунітет на вітрянку.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
Pocken, Blattern
о́спаóspa
ві́спаvíspa
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Examples
17 sentencesI am immune to smallpox.
У мене імунітет на вітряну віспу. — deniko
deIch bin gegen Pocken immun. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Everybody is immune to smallpox nowadays.
ruВ наши дни все имеют иммунитет к оспе. — yatomoya
deHeute sind alle gegen Pocken immun. — xtofu80
Tom and Mary both died of smallpox.
My grandparents have smallpox vaccination scars on their arms.
ruУ моих бабушки и дедушки на руках есть отметины от прививок от оспы. — Wezel
I'm immune to smallpox.
Translations
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Origin
From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).
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Forms
plural: smallpoxes| Singular | smallpox |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars:variolavariola major
Word family
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