variola
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SmallpoxSmallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
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More definitions
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Translations
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smallpox:
Origin
From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical LatinFrom Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius. Doublet of variole.
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Forms
plural: variolas| Singular | variola |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars:smallpoxvariola major
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