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Smallpox

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
variola major
plural
Smallpoxes
possessive
Smallpox's
pluralpossessive
Smallpoxes'