|  smallpox 
 
 a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 variola, variola major
 • Hypernyms:
 pox
 • Hyponyms:
 alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox,
 white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
 • Part Meronyms:
 pock
 
 
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