English noun: variola major |
1. | variola major (state) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars |
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| Synonyms | smallpox, variola |
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| Broader (hypernym) | pox |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox |
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| Part holonym | pock |
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2. | variola major (animal) a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent |
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| Synonyms | variola major virus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | smallpox virus, variola virus |
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