variola major

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noun

1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
• Syn:
smallpox, variola
• Hypernyms:
pox
• Hyponyms:
alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox,
white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox
• Part Meronyms:
pock
2. a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
• Syn:
variola major virus
• Hypernyms:
variola virus, smallpox virus