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smallpox |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smallpox \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 [syn: {variola}]
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