variola

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Word Origin

variola (n.)
"smallpox," 1771, medical Latin diminutive of Latin varius "changing, various," in this case "speckled, spotted" (see vary).

Example

1. Destroying the remaining stocks of variola , or small pox virus , is seen by some countries as the final chapter in eradicating the disease to prevent the risk of accidental release .

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