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Smallpox (Noun)

Meaning

A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • The doctor had to quarantine the village after a case of smallpox was discovered, to prevent the spread of the disease.
  • Smallpox is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal illness that has been responsible for an estimated 300-500 million deaths in the 20th century.
  • The World Health Organization launched a global campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1960s, and was successful in doing so in 1980.
  • Symptoms of smallpox include high fever, headache, and muscle ache, followed by a characteristic skin rash with flat red spots that eventually turn into pus-filled blisters.
  • After recovering from smallpox, survivors often bear the scars on their faces and bodies for the rest of their lives, a testament to the severity of the disease.

Synonyms

  • Variola
  • Variola Major

Hyponyms

  • Pseudovariola
  • Milk Pox
  • White Pox
  • Kaffir Pox
  • Variola Minor
  • Cuban Itch
  • West Indian Smallpox
  • Pseudosmallpox
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