smallpox

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

variola variola major black death blackwater rubella hepatitis diphtheria dysentery measles blister herpes pox pock cholera cowpox

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Hypernyms

pox disease illness infection sickness ailment

Hyponyms

alastrim pseudovariola Cuban itch Kaffir pox milk pox pseudosmallpox

Phrases with the word

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Examples

I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox. Woody Allen

Then we should find some artificial inoculation against love, as with smallpox. Leo Tolstoy

It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, "mad cow" disease, and many others, but I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. Richard Dawkins

Affectation is a greater injury to the face than smallpox. German Proverb

How can you get smallpox in old age? Sicilian Proverb

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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