variola major
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Noun
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Noun
a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
More Specific Terms
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Cuban itch
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milk pox
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pseudovariola
variola minor
West Indian smallpox
white pox