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smallpox

small·pox

UK/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/ US/ˈsmɔlpɑks/ uncommon

noun

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

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From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).

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