variola : Idioms & Phrases
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variola major
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noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
variola; smallpox.
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noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
variola major.
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variola major virus
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noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
variola major.
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variola minor
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noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; Cuban itch; white pox; alastrim.
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noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
variola minor.
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variola minor virus
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noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
variola minor.
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variola vaccina
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noun a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
variola vaccina; vaccina; variola vaccine; vaccinia.
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variola vaccine
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noun a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
variola vaccina; vaccina; variola vaccine; vaccinia.
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variola vaccinia
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noun a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
variola vaccina; vaccina; variola vaccine; vaccinia.
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variola virus
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noun the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
smallpox virus.