Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Medicine) Smallpox: A serious, contagious, and often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, characterized by fever and a distinctive progressive skin rash that leaves deep, pitted scars (pockmarks).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bệnh đậu mùa đã được thanh toán trên toàn cầu. (Smallpox has been eradicated globally.)
  • Tiêm vắc-xin là cách phòng ngừa bệnh đậu mùa hiệu quả. (Vaccination is an effective way to prevent smallpox.)

Advanced Usage

• "dạng đậu mùa" (varioliform): Having an appearance resembling that of smallpox lesions.
  • Bệnh nhân có các tổn thương dạng đậu mùa. (The patient has varioliform lesions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đậu mùa khỉ (Monkeypox): A viral disease similar to smallpox but typically less severe.
• Thủy đậu (Chickenpox): A different, usually milder viral illness causing an itchy rash, caused by the varicella-zoster virus. (Note: This is a distinct disease from smallpox).

Synonyms

• Variola: The medical/scientific term for smallpox.
• Small-pox: An alternative spelling.

Related Phrases / Collocations

• Bệnh đậu mùa: Smallpox (disease).
• Virus đậu mùa: Smallpox virus / Variola virus.
• Vắc-xin đậu mùa: Smallpox vaccine.
• Đậu mùa rỗ (rỗ hoa): Pockmarked (scarred from smallpox).

noun

1. (y học) small-pox