smallpox
noun[U]
uk/ˈsmɔːl.pɒks/us/ˈsmɑːl.pɑːks/anextremelyinfectiousdiseasethatcausesafever,spotson theskin, and oftendeath
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chickenpox
cowpox
monkeypox
See also
the poxold-fashionedinformal
Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- anthrax
- anti-malaria
- anti-malarial
- anti-plague
- anti-typhoid
- delirium
- fevered
- German measles
- glandular fever
- helicobacter pylori
- HPV
- Lassa fever
- leishmaniasis
- Lyme disease
- measles
- meningitis
- polio
- rheumatic fever
- sunstroke