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variola major

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
  • noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent

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  1. smallpox virus
  2. variola virus

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