Thesaurus: smallpox

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1. n. 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 umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
2. n. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
3. 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 umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
4. A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized bya peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first acollection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequentlyumbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which sloughafter a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
5. n:100 n. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars