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variola major

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Noun1.variola majorvariola major - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
pox - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox - a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
pock - a pustule in an eruptive disease
2.variola major - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
smallpox virus, variola virus - the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon


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