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variola
noun(va-ri-o-la)
smallpox; also : its causative poxvirus (species Variola virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus)
variola
noun(va-ri-o-la)
an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus), is characterized by a skin eruption with pustules, sloughing, and scar formation, and is believed to have been eradicated globally by widespread vaccination —called also variola

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