Smallpox - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsmɔːlpɑːks|
Brit.
|ˈsmɔːlpɒks|
noun
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars (syn: variola)
Extra examples
There have been no smallpox epidemics for many years.
Smallpox disfigures the face.
A virus was found to be the causative agent of smallpox.
Gray caught smallpox from his nephew.
It involved testing thousands of children for smallpox
...smallpox's characteristic pustules typically resulted in permanent scarring for survivors of the dreaded disease...
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