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| small·pox [ smáwl pòks ] |
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acute viral disease: a highly contagious disease caused by a poxvirus and marked by high fever and the formation of scar-producing pustules. A worldwide inoculation program has almost eradicated the smallpox virus from the human population.
Technical name variola
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