- variola major virus
- nouna type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent• Syn: ↑variola major• Hypernyms: ↑variola virus, ↑smallpox virus
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variola major — 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, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
variola virus — noun the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑smallpox virus • Hypernyms: ↑poxvirus • Hyponyms: ↑variola major, ↑variola major virus, ↑variola minor, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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variola minor — noun 1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus • Syn: ↑alastrim, ↑pseudosmallpox, ↑pseudovariola, ↑milk pox, ↑white pox, ↑West Indian smallpox, ↑Cuban itch, ↑Kaffir pox … Useful english dictionary
smallpox virus — noun the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑variola virus • Hypernyms: ↑poxvirus • Hyponyms: ↑variola major, ↑variola major virus, ↑variola minor, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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