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Definitions for Smallpox
[1] an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
[2] an acute highly contagious viral disease characterized by high fever, severe prostration, and a pinkish rash changing in form from papules to pustules, which dry up and form scabs that are cast off, leaving pitted depressions Technical name: variola Related adjective: variolous
Words nearby Smallpox
smallest cardiac vein, smallest scalene muscle, smallholding, smallish, smallmouth bass, smallpox, smallpox vaccine, smallpox virus, smalls, smallsword, smalt
Origin of Smallpox
First recorded in 1510–20; small + pox
Word origin for Smallpox
C16: from small + pox . So called to distinguish it from the Great Pox, an archaic name for syphilis