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smallpox

English

Etymology

From small +? pox.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sm??lp?ks/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sm?lp?ks/

Noun

smallpox (usually uncountable, plural smallpoxes)

  1. (medicine) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
    Synonym: variola

Derived terms

Translations

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monkeypox

English

Etymology

monkey +? pox

Noun

monkeypox (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox.

Translations

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