Defenition of the word variola major
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Defenition of the word variola major
- A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
- a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Hyponyms for the word variola major
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- alastrim
- Cuban itch
- Kaffir pox
- milk pox
- pseudosmallpox
- pseudovariola
- variola minor
- West Indian smallpox
- white pox
Hypernyms for the word variola major
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- pox
- smallpox virus
- variola virus
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