đậu mùa

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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