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smallpox
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Definitions ofsmallpox
1noun
- An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Synonyms: variola
Example: "The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy."
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