smallpox
Pronunciation: /ˈsmɔːlpɒks/
The English word “smallpox” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Etymology
From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).
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