smallpox

/'smɔ:lpɔks/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A highly contagious viral disease: "Smallpox" is an acute, infectious disease caused by the variola virus. It is characterized by fever, severe weakness, and a distinctive skin rash that progresses to pus-filled blisters. These blisters form scabs that eventually fall off, often leaving permanent scars (pockmarks).
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The global eradication of smallpox is one of the greatest achievements in public health.
    • Before the vaccine, smallpox killed millions of people throughout history.
    • The patient exhibited the classic symptoms of smallpox, including high fever and a pustular rash.
Advanced Usage
  • "To be infected with smallpox": to have contracted the disease.
    • The entire village was quarantined after several people were infected with smallpox.
  • "Smallpox outbreak": a sudden occurrence of many cases of the disease in a community.
    • Health officials worked quickly to contain the smallpox outbreak.
Variants and Related Words
  • Variola (n): The medical/scientific name for the smallpox virus and the disease it causes.
    • Variola major was the more severe and common form of the disease.
  • Variolation (n): An early, risky method of immunization against smallpox involving deliberate infection with a small amount of the virus.
    • Variolation was practiced for centuries before the development of the safer vaccine.
  • Smallpox vaccine (n): The vaccine that provides immunity against smallpox.
    • The smallpox vaccine contains a live virus called vaccinia.
Synonyms
  • Variola (n): The formal medical term.
  • The pox (n, historical/informal): A historical term often used to refer to smallpox or syphilis, depending on context.
Related Phrases
  • "To be scarred by smallpox": to have permanent marks on the skin as a result of the disease.
    • Many survivors were scarred by smallpox for life.
  • "Smallpox eradication": the complete elimination of the disease from the human population, declared by the WHO in 1980.
    • Smallpox eradication was possible due to a successful worldwide vaccination campaign.
Noun
  1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

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