Smallpox — otheruses4|the disease the 1982 Serbian film|Variola Vera|the fish genus|Variola (Serranidae) Infobox Disease Name = Smallpox Caption = A child infected with smallpox ICD10 = ICD10|B|03| |b|00 ICD9 = ICD9|050 DiseasesDB = 12219 MedlinePlus =… … Wikipedia
variola minor — noun 1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus • Syn: ↑alastrim, ↑pseudosmallpox, ↑pseudovariola, ↑milk pox, ↑white pox, ↑West Indian smallpox, ↑Cuban itch, ↑Kaffir pox … Useful english dictionary
Smallpox vaccine — The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine ever to be developed. It was first perfected in 1796 by Edward Jenner who acted upon the observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus did not catch smallpox. Before smallpox… … Wikipedia
variola major — 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 • Syn: ↑smallpox, ↑variola • Hypernyms: ↑pox • Hyponyms: ↑alastrim, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
variola major — n a severe form of smallpox characterized historically by a death rate up to 40 percent or more * * * the classic severe form of smallpox … Medical dictionary
variola minor — n a mild form of smallpox of low mortality called also alastrim, amaas * * * a mild form of smallpox that was found only in certain parts of South America and Africa … Medical dictionary
Variola — Va*ri o*la, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See {Various}.] (Med.) The smallpox. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
variola — (n.) smallpox, 1771, from medical Latin dim. of L. varius changing, various, in this case speckled (see VARY (Cf. vary)) … Etymology dictionary
variola — [və rī′ə lə] n. [ModL < ML, a pustule, prob. altered (based on L varius, various, mottled: see VARY) < L varus, pustule, pimple: see VARIX] any of a group of viral diseases characterized by pustular eruptions, including smallpox, cowpox,… … English World dictionary
Smallpox — Small pox , n. [Small + pox, pocks.] (Med.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
